Sorry to Hijack- What is wrong with red sheets? :confused: I am seriously missing something here. Just in case it is a major thing, my...
At the end of the year- we started a game to get us through staff meetings..... we got out a timer and took "bets" on how many minutes until.........
I'm actually not sure if we get "sick days" in the summer. Maybe we do- but to my knowledge there are no subs. That would be unfair to my...
In order to put A/C into some of these old buildings it would be very very costly. These buildings are well over 100 years old. Absolutely...
Exactly. I don't think putting a child on a bus when it is a 110 degree heat index is ensuring the physical well being of a student. Nor is...
The newer schools have A/C- but we have some really beautiful old buildings without A/C and boiler rooms for heat.
They are saying tomorrow after 2:00. ESY is a 4 day program, so things will be horrid again tomorrow. Weekend is 90's - Monday is low 80's. So our...
Yes it is a serious statement. We are here to educate. We are not babysitters. There are so many times where it has been inappropriate to keep...
Lol- so true!
We don't get a hot meal in the summer. That is the argument when e have kids walk to school a mile in -40 windchill. They get cold meals in the...
Oh the third floor is awful. Lucky for me- pre-k is required to be on the first floor. At my first school- the middle schoolers were up there-...
Heck I don't really have suitable A/C at home. However, the argument once again of are we an educational institution or a social service agency....
Some schools weren't given a choice. Though we do not have A/C and most of us would like to be. I think it was discussed in like February. It is...
Lots of little responses for later. We had one air conditioned room at the school I am at and we put all the kids together perk-8 and watched...
I can't find the article now, but there is one that said they've been contacting schools about fans. Not sure how true that is. Also.... There was...
I know last August was pretty unbearable (but not this bad) after Track E started (and then you have kids on the third and fourth floors of...
Well there is a convinence store nearby to the school I'm at- so in a pinch I could run out or send someone- I almost think that the rescue squad...
We do have water fountains, but many of the kids don't quite understand how they work. The few that do, we take to the water fountains, we try to...
I am used to having a few kids with the same name, I usually just call by first and last name if neither is to long. My first year teaching I...
We essentially told our families "we won't be closing, but use your discretion before you put your child on a 45 min bus ride, followed by 3.5...
