A Few Thoughts About My School Being Closed on Wednesday...
So, my students will not come to school on Wednesday because so many teachers have scheduled to be off. This may seem like a victory of some kind, but all I can think is that those who will feel this the most have nothing to do with the reason for the protest. Here are some things I thought about as I read the email informing me that I wouldn't see students on Wednesday: 1. If a student currently is on the Free and Reduced Lunch plan, that student will not receive school breakfast or lunch that day. 2. If a parent of a student is not employed in a situation that provides sick days or vacation days, the parent will have to lose a day of pay in order to stay home with his/her child or pay someone to watch his/her child or leave the child alone. There may be a family member that can watch the child, but maybe not. 3. High school juniors are now about a week and a half away from a test they must pass in order to graduate from high school. Those students will now go a week without