Friday, May 7, 1999 – Today we got word that a note threatening the lives of Northwest Junior High students was found in that building. The note said the students would be killed on Monday. The building was under lock-down today and the police were there. It will be the same on Monday. Apparently several parents pulled their kids out of school today and will again on Monday. This is absolutely CRAZY!
Monday, May 17, 1999 – Rainy weather lately has made for squirrelly kids. The staff has been kind of testy too, because of all of the end of the year stuff. Tomorrow I am taking a vacation day to be an artist in residence at the elementary school in the L & M district. That should be fun! Then on Wednesday, I am taking a professional day to go to Des Moines to meet with Iowa’s first lady, Christie Vilsack, and to serve on her advisory council. That should be very interesting!
Tuesday, May 25, 1999 – Had a great time storytelling at L&M last week and meeting with Christie Vilsack was neat. A lot happened last week. On Friday I suspended a child for trashing my office and making threats. He is the child of a prominent community member so it could be a touchy situation. Also, late on Friday, another difficult parent called and said they were moving and their child would be attending a different school next year. They have been impossible to deal with much of the time and we will not be sorry to see them go, but the kid will be missed. Actually this move should be good for them.
Today, the student I suspended is returning to school and things could be tense. I am supposed to go on the 5/6 field trip but will wait to see how things are going before I leave. Another student brought a squirt gun to school today and was pointing it at people on the bus. There was also a problem outside with some of Ms. Hill’s students so we are off to a rough start.
Thursday, May 27, 1999 – …I turned in my portfolio today to Tim Grieves. We will have to meet regarding my evaluation before he leaves the district. I am glad it is almost over.
We will be getting about $100,000 from the state and $150,000 from the federal government for class size at k-3. That could help us immensely. We will have to do a new staffing plan as soon as we find out.
Wednesday, June 9, 1999 – School’s out! Some changes in staff for next year. We will be losing some associates and picking up some new ones…We have a student coming in who needs a four and one half hour associate that we will have to hire. We are also losing our strings teacher who is staying in the district but will not be at Longfellow next year. She is upset about not being here but there is not much that can be done about it. We are meeting at the CAO this morning about staffing for next year. Right now the plan is to have two ks, three and a half 1/2, three and a half 3/4, and three 5/6. I think that will change before school starts but we will just have to wait and see. Right now we have about 50 kindergartners so I think we will be having 3 sections there.
Thursday, June 14, 1999 – We are wrapping things up for this year. Julie is here one more day and then gone for the summer. I plan to do a lot of cleaning and throwing away and then planning for next year.
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