Saved by the bell

I dropped Mel off at school and between her and the door was Dr. Hackett. “Just emailed her last night. Awkward.” She had an assignment to write a letter to an official advocating her position on some topic. Mel chose locker roomaccess and complained about school policy. Thus, the “awkward” part. Mel faced her fear and got out of the car just as a teacher walked up to Hackett. Mel sprinted past, saved, in a sense, by the bell. Last night she described how a bunch of kids in the class had waited til the last minute and sent letters to the superintendent. He thought a revolt was brewing!