Today was the first day of school, a half day but a first day nonetheless. We toured the building and met the teachers last night. The boys' new school is 350 students over capacity, a dozen portables line the back of the five year old building, and Keagan doesn't have textbooks or a desk. BUT we are in the top rated school zone in the county. Apparently, so is everybody else.
Keagan reported he wasn't sure that he would be able to make many friends because when he introduced himself to the boy sitting next to him, he learned the boy is a big fan of the television show "Turtle Hunters." We have no idea what that is about, but the boy has promised to bring in episode 2 to share with the class. Keagan told me he had no idea kids in Tennessee could be more country than the kids in Georgia. He is also quite concerned that there are so many Asians in the school.
Evan was completely impressed with the bathrooms and couldn't believe that the urinals were separated by dividers. He went on to say that every janitor in the school needed a $50 pay raise because there was no pee on the floor. The kid was so taken by the level of cleanliness of the bathrooms that he couldn't remember much else about the first day.
Tomorrow is a holiday - I can't for the life of me figure out why - so the boys have one more day of summer vacation before "real" school begins.
I was wondering how things went on "first day". A new year in a new school - so exciting!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, guys.