Yesterday was a full moon. We ALL know what happens during a full moon. Kids go crazy. It's a proven fact.
Our discipline referrals were up so our Eagle's Nest (Dean's office) was jam packed.
Kids were puking right and left keeping our custodian and Health Room assistant (we can't call her a nurse because she's not an RN) extremely busy. One kid actually puked on our Health Room assistant and her computer. She had to go home and change. Luckily she lives close.
It rained. It hailed. The sun shone down. The weather couldn't make a decision as to what it wanted to do. Do we do rainy day recess or don't we?
There was a car accident out in front of our school where an Escalade truck hit a power pole knocking out power to our school and our Central Services building. The power stayed off until WELL after school let out. Because the power was out, the traffic was awful out in front of our school, which sits on a small highway. This made our buses late getting to us.
Not to mention the fact that two other schools had a lock down at 3:30 (ten minutes before school let out) because many students reported seeing a "guy with a mask" wandering around in the woods outside the fence of the school. Apparently, a bank nearby had been robbed and the police thought it could have been the robber hiding. So, both the middle school and elementary school near there were put on lock down. Until 5:00 PM. Ugh.
Because the schools were on lock down, some of the buses that were supposed to pick up our kids could not make it here because, duh, lock down procedures state that everyone must be locked in the building. Which meant that the students on route 30 was stuck here. I took the 3rd-5th grade riders into my room and some other teachers took the K-2nd grade riders to the library. We couldn't notify parents because our power was out and therefore, had no phone service. Finally, the wonderful bus driver of route 36 took mercy upon us and volunteered to take the kids from route 30 home. By this time, it was 4:30. School had been out almost an hour. I'm sure parents were frantic.
However, this left the poor high school, junior high and middle school kids who ride transfer buses in the lurch because there was no bus to take them home. When I left at 4:45, they were still out in our bus lane trying to figure out what to do with those kids.
I certainly hope that the Hell Mouth decides to invoke it's wrath somewhere else for a while. I think we've had our fill.
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