O.K. so one of my after school students in returning from a rest room break, jumped up to grab the top of the door opening, missed and fell flat on his back (he is way too cool)-so am I responsible for his stupidity? Big tax levy vote tomorrow, jobs will be cut, class sizes increased if it fails-most people are talking of sending a message to the school board and the administration but I keep thinking "what kind of message is being sent to the kids" if the levy fails? Does the superintendent make too much money? probably but all raises are tied to job performance, ie test scores, reduced drop out rates, higher graduation rates-if the superintendent was a CEO and performed at this level, the reward would be millions. But-teachers complain about how much money is tied up in administration, so the talk is to eliminate days from their contracts so who will be the first teacher to complain when the teacher wants something done and the administrator is not there?

Spring is here-a friend of mine who taught in the junior high always said that you could tell when spring was here, because the 7th grade girls starting looking good! Probably get fired today.

If the levy fails part of my job (the after school part) will be cut, I can retire and still teach 4.7 with the school-probably make more money because would have the rest of the day to do something. Keeping a picture of Pemquid Light House web cam up and running because it is spring there too and watching the sun set slowly-too cool for words. Plus the view from Mt Washington is off the scale too. Would have been nice to have gotten a job out east but guess that age has pretty much shut that part out...maybe need to go learn to build ships!

Not much feeling about today as it is Monday and MAP testing starts tomorrow for everyone-will probably drive me crazy before all over. Best run
Peace from Missouri