Some of these walks are just wonderful. You get rare insights into people you may have known for years. You hear stories both harrowing and heartfelt and everything in between. Origin stories and quiet struggles and altered perceptions and so many lessons learned along the way. And sometimes, you get a glimpse into 'the life'. An honest, raw, all-over-the-place look at the world of a leader...particularly, in this case, a school leader. The Head. Today's walk is one of those.

James Calleroz White is a school head whose style is built on trust, support, action, and looking at things a little differently...oh and a big, world-defining laugh. He's also real about this job. James doesn't sugarcoat the hard times, like the COVID years, and he doesn't pretend this was the position he always wanted. Instead, James talks about how much respect he's gained as he's lived it. That ever-changing, ever-challenging position and how much work it really entails...deserves.

But that's the job. That exhausting, exhilarating, important, joyful job. In service to everyone and unpredictably everything. What a blast.

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