It was a hard day. A day to say goodbye to my friends and proverbial family as I put the last few boxes in my car and turned in my key. Now I sit amongst my boxes of classrooms materials accumulated over just two years and wonder what really needs to be kept as I head into the territory of the unknown.
It was an angry start to the day as we were misled and lied to by the board and school district administration trying to convince us to take a wage freeze that literally saves no jobs nor helps in any definable manner. The admin was willing to let us believe that they willingly threw themselves on the blade by taking a freeze where here it turns out they were told by the board there would be no raises this year. I am not crying real tears for them as they manage to keep their positions as I say good bye to my coworkers and friends. Then when asked if a wage freeze helps reinstate a cut postion, the superintendent explains that those positions are not needed and so no, nothing is done as a result of the freeze. What a terrible job selling this bogus plan! You are not getting hired in retail or the food service anytime soon.