Cameron Fields was prepared to speak in front of the school board. He had his suit picked out. He asked to go to the barber beforehand. He practiced his speech.
At the Chesapeake School Board’s Monday meeting, the rising second grader stood at the podium with two other children. He spoke against a proposal that would use his school building to house the district’s first early childhood education center, sending current students elsewhere.
“Starting at a new schools can be scary for kids. We would have to learn new rules, meet new teachers and make new friends all over again,” Cameron said. “I know grown-ups have important decisions to make, but I hope you think about (how) these changes affect kids like me.”…