On her desk lay a pile of brand-new Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) kits—bright green binders, colorful posters about empathy, and a stack of student workbooks still smelling of printer ink. The district had spent $14,000 on the Second Step® Bullying Prevention Unit. The grant money was spent. The parents were notified. And the first lesson, "Respecting Differences," was scheduled for tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
She stood up slowly. She walked back to her laptop. She didn’t open the activation page. Instead, she opened a blank document. www.secondstep.org activation key
“I’m sorry, ma’am,” Brenda said, her voice flat as a frozen lake. “We can only send the activation key to the email address of the purchaser. That’s Mr. Harold Finch.” On her desk lay a pile of brand-new