The River is a Rising

After only two days back at school following Spring Break we have been granted a two-hour delay tomorrow due to rising flood waters from all the rain we had, and especially the areas northwest of us had, over the last few days. It rained here from Saturday night until Tuesday morning.

I'm not sure how the students will react to this unexpected change in their schedule. They don't handle changes to their routine well. We'd just started getting back on track today.

This school year is winding down quickly. We have only 6 1/2 weeks to go. Some of my students were saying they cannot believe this school year is nearly over.

Summer will be here soon, and before then we have the End-of-Grade tests. While we're all looking forward to summer, none of us are looking forward to the EOGs. Yet the tests will come.

Spring Break at Last

Depending on how you count it, either Saturday was the first day of my school's Spring Break, or today is. Either way, this year's Spring Break was too long in coming and, I'm sure, will be too short in duration.

Over the last two weeks you could tell both the students and the teachers were much in need of a break. The students were getting antsy and fights were becoming more common. Teachers were getting short-tempered with the students, and with each other.

This has been a long and trying year, and based on the headlines, next year will be even more, uh, challenging.

I am glad Spring Break is here, and I am looking forward to Summer with more anticipation than I've ever felt in my 15 years of teaching.