At 11:00, I had the class in the media center doing some research when the media specialist offered to help me make phone calls. I had no idea what she was talking about. She reported that school indeed was letting out early and teachers were asked to call all the parents of their children.
WHAT !?!?! When did that policy go into effect? When our time was up in the media center, I
My stress level increased as I :
- figured out which students were the oldest at our school
- figured out how to
busyengage the students with something they could do independently until lunch - decided which of the 3 -4 numbers to call for each child ( and wonder if they would be in service)
- interupted parents at work to tell tehm something they already knew --most had text alerts in place
- discovered the school phones wouldn't work because the circuits were overloaded with all the teachers calling
- used up many, many cell phone minutes ( and also gave out my private cell phone number to parents as I made the calls)
- wondered if my cell battery would still be charged if my car slipped into a ditch on the way home
I was about 2/3 done when the office called me at least 3 times. Seems primary teachers were wondering if we had gotten hold of big sister's parents yet. Ugh! Also, I had at least 2 parents want to discuss their child's progress when I called. I promised to get back to them at another time, because I only had 30 minutes to call 10 more parents.
I hope they never do that to us again.
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