sunday

[awhyzip]

kids were fun. and no lingering issues from the massive "manly grief"/embezzlement trauma. (i'd been nervous!) classroom had been mildly made-over, and i enjoyed the improvement. the space felt easier to navigate. on the other hand, some of the improvement could have come from the fact that three kids were absent...
co-teacher & i joked about setting up a rotating skip schedule to insure this always happens (the missing ones this week were two well-behaved younger kids, so it's simply a matter of bodies) : call up a different parent each week "hi [parent] -- i'm fine, how're you? -- [child's] doing so well in class. [s/he] made such a great [craft project] last week, and did s/he tell you about [fruitful question s/he asked] la la-la, la la-la -- yeah :) -- Oh, that's so nice to hear that s/he's excited for hebrew school next week ... but i'm afraid s/he can't come. -- We have an attendance policy, you see, and [child] just hasn't missed her/him fair share of days. -- No, you'd have to see if you can get another child to trade with her/him, nothing we can do ... -- b'bye!

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[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

Snerk. :) I think a great many teachers would love to do this.