We have had two half-days with students the last two days, with the remainder to be meetings. I was to meet with the other two English teachers at the middle school, but both have been absent. Thus, I departed early, came home, and took a nap both days. It has helped.
Today was designated as a day to do safety drills: lockdown, tornado, fire, earthquake, power outage, bomb threat. It was a "reverse schedule" day. My worst class was to be under my supervision for the biggest part. I was impressed by their behavior. They took it seriously. Imagine!
Then came the bomb threat deal. We were under Code Orange. Then I got a card that said we were to avoid a certain area during evacuation. I patiently waited for the word to evacuate. It didn't happen. Then we got the word to dismiss to the next class...and my students informed me that everyone was returning to school from the outside! Oops! Somehow, I had missed the fact that the PA would not be used to dismiss us because of feared bomb detonation. In short, in a real event, my students would have been in harm's way! I wasn't alone, but it didn't make me feel any better....
Meg drove Ryan to Muncie tonight.
Robin stayed here...her choice...to attend a birthday party tomorrow. She and her mommy got into a play-riot act tonight. It probably did both of them good!
Tomorrow is another day.
Waaayyyy late.
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