Back to School

Summer is over and fall is finally here! My return to school this year started a bit rocky... The weekend before the first day of school I was scrambling (like many other teachers) to buy some supplies for my class. As I was finishing up my buying frenzy at Staples, I had an unfortunate foot-on collision with a rouge shopping cart and broke my baby toe. It quickly turned an ugly shade of purple, and hurt really bad! My gross toe didn't fit into any of my work shoes, so I've been wearing flip flops for the last few weeks. This week it feels much better and I think I'll be able to go back to my high heal wearing ways very soon.

The other rocky start had to do with our teacher contract negotiations. We haven't had a teaching contract for the last few years and the members of our school board are not exactly "team players". With the negotiations at a stand still, the teachers union set a date to strike. Teachers were worried, students were unsettled, and parents were up in arms about potentially missing school days. Lucky for everyone late Tuesday night, the school board finally came to their senses and settled our contract with the teacher's union. Now we can finally get back to teaching!