Mixed Bag First Day Back

I am sharing a room with a first year Spanish teacher that is smaller than most of her students. At the first school. The number was torn off the wall but the students found me anyway.
Same students.. now they are sophomores. I will miss the Seniors (3) from Golden Valley, 2 from Merced High.

New students at each of the campuses. I was teaching three words today. Expulsion, possesion and extortion. These are words that are on the poster of every room. I also established the idea that they all know the difference between right and wrong. This means that if I am called into court to verify this I can do this. Even my lowest kids know that they should not bring weapons to school, or threaten others to get money.

The new VP came by to check my class out. He smiled and left with a wave.

At Merced High the situation was a bit more dire. They scheduled a class for me without a room with a period I was not going to be there. 8 students were roaming the campus looking for me.

The next period they assigned me a room and sent the students, one of which does not qualify, to a room that another teacher was teaching.

There is a major system infarct in progress here.

The psych I have been told has been trying to pick through the mess.

So one period at that campus had 3 students and the other had 2.

Its still August and it is early to get serious about who is where.

Kids are sweet and trying hard. What more could I want? Someday the system will catch up to them.. then again it might not.

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Pat