{"id":32,"date":"2025-12-22T19:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:13:57","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"32\" class=\"elementor elementor-32\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6fc59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b6fc59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b224a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14b224a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec3ad10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec3ad10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420c6d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"420c6d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593e13f animated-slow elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"593e13f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-260\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672.png 1195w, https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672-1020x1024.png 1020w, https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/melita.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Recovered-3-e1770938423672-768x771.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c9188 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d7c9188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3451ac9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3451ac9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034b3bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"034b3bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585ffaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585ffaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">No One Trained Me for This: Tales from the Urban Principal\u2019s Chair<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f0ec60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f0ec60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TALES FROM THE URBAN PRINCIPAL'S CHAIR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a421ce3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a421ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>No One Trained Me for This: Tales from the Urban Principal\u2019s Chair<\/em> is a collection of ten true-to-life chapters that illuminate the reality of school leadership in urban communities. Dr. Thomas writes with humor that does not flinch and empathy that does not excuse. The result is a book that reads as a conversation educators have in hallways, finally written down with craft and care.<\/p><p><strong>Why this book matters<\/strong><\/p><p>Schools are asked to be everything at once: learning environments, crisis-response centers, community hubs, and moral laboratories. <em>No One Trained Me for This<\/em> captures that reality from the inside, with the voice of someone who has led through it.<\/p><p>This is not a plot-driven reveal. It is a portrait of the work. 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