If the school should call while school is still in
session, I’ll answer ASAP but if the school calls after school hours, I usually
just let it ring until it goes to voice mail.
There have been a few times I’ve answered, but had wished I would have
had the voice mail recording so that I could listen to the message again. Usually it is either the principal or her
secretary who leave the message. Both
have made announcements as though they mean it.
But yesterday I got the final message of this season.
The voice was less
than enthusiastic. Somewhat monotone and
robotic sounding. It sounded like a school marm who had just been dismissed
from teaching and at the last second had been asked, “Oh, could you do one
final announcement before you go?”
It also had the feel of a spliced recording made
from the 60’s on one of those old reel-to-reels. These are the words of the
message: “Vantana Elementary reminds parents that Thursday is the last day of
school this year. school will dismiss ay
1:05 tomorrow. As a reminder if your child
owes lunch money, please send it tomorrow.
We hope everybody has a fun and safe summer.”
The voice seemed to
say a different thing however. “Vantana Elementary
reminds parents that Thursday is the last day of the school year. Wish it
was the last day permanently. The
school will dismiss at 1:05 tomorrow – so
be certain you pick up your little brats. As a reminder, if your child owes
lunch money, please send it tomorrow – or
preferably instead of the child. We
hope everybody has a fun and safe summer – I
personally don’t care if they do or not.
Yesterday there was a
program and awards ceremony. Every child
in the third grade was given something. Jenna’s award was for best classroom
helper. She is sad to see the school year come to an
end. She’ll be entering the forth grade
on August 21st. It doesn’t
seem that far away – but I suppose the heat will add to how long it feels.
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