A MOMENT OF SILENCE

IN THE ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT TEACHERS 

ARE REQUIRED TO GO BACK TO WORK.

MOST TEACHERS, ME ESPECIALLY, HAVE ALREADY

PUT TIME IN AT SCHOOL GETTING THEIR ROOM READY.

THERE WAS SEVERAL YEARS THAT YOU COULD GET

PAID FOR WORKING TO GET READY FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

CAREER LADDER = 6 TEACHER DAYS & 3 PRINCIPAL DAYS.

PAY FOR THIS WAS NOVEMBER 30.

NOW, YOU ONLY GET PAID FOR COLLABORATION

WITH YOUR TEAM!

BLEH.

I USUALLY WENT THE 2ND SATURDAY OF AUGUST

TO GET MY ROOM SET UP.
THE REASON I PICKED THIS DAY, WAS THAT NO
OTHER TEACHER WOULD BE AT THE SCHOOL WORKING.
THEREFORE, NO VISITING!

I WOULD TAKE NIECES & NEPHEWS.

THEN, I TOOK THE BAGLEY KIDS.

WE DID BULLETIN BOARDS, SET UP DESKS, PUT ITEMS

ON DESK, PUNCH HOLES IN PAPERS, ETC.

I HAD EVERYTHING RUN OFF AND READY TO GO BEFOREHAND.

AFTER, I WOULD TAKE MY NIECES SHOPPING

AT THE PARK CITY OUTLETS FOR PAYMENT.

BAGLEY KIDS GOT LUNCH AT PIZZA PIE CAFÉ, AND $40.

I GOT 1 OR 2 YEARS WITH COURTNEY HELPING

WITH THE BAGLEY KIDS.

I FEEL THE TEACHER'S PAIN.

ESPECIALLY NOW, WHEN YOU'RE NOT PAID TO DO IT!