Dad on Duty #90
So here’s a question I bet you haven’t ever asked yourself: How many chickens does it take to evacuate an entire school of nearly 1,000 people? Turns out, it’s *1*. Just one. If you do it right. We’ll talk about …
Author: Dpems500
Dad on Duty #89
The paper towel dispensers really make me mad. Maybe second only to Lost and Found, they haunt my days at McCoy. These things are darn near impossible to operate. Unless you have the strength of Batman and the engineering skills …
Dad on Duty #88
It’s the beginning of the end. I know that sounds awful, and gloomy. But it’s how I feel. Today we start 5th grade. Our last year of elementary school. Our last year at McCoy. And the last year of real …
Dad on Duty #87
Today I worked an extra day, a Thursday, on special request of the Boss. She kinda suckered me into it. She told me there were a couple of big events going on, which was true…. We were setting up for …
Dad on Duty #86
A young boy…younger than Tori….enters the office, holding a referral slip. That’s the paper teachers use to document a disciplinary trip to the office. Deb takes the paper from him, glances at it, and says “OK, wait here” as she …
Dad on Duty #85
Today’s blog will be a photographic essay. A day in the life of a school, in pictures. I’ll limit my commentary to that needed to provide context for the photos; they will largely speak for themselves. *********** Sidewalk art. …
Dad on Duty #84
I worked almost every day this week. I had some elbow room at the day job, and the District had the Bosses flung all over town most of the week. So I figured I’d try to help a little extra. …
Dad on Duty #83
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry about that. This will be a merge of a couple days over last two weeks. ********* It’s our first day back after Christmas vacation. Today is really, really cold. It’s hard to …
Dad on Duty #82
Veteran’s day and Freedom Fest 2016! AKA “the Longest Day”. Over twelve hours of McCoy bliss. This morning, we have our Veteran’s Day celebration. This is one of our most popular events. The choir does a big show, we have …
Dad on Duty #81
A day at school…any day really…is jam packed with experiences and emotions and human contact. And so much importance. Maybe that’s why I like it here; it reminds me of my old job, without getting goop on my paws (obscure …