Day 180 is here again. By 5 pm, most busses will be parked and quiet for the summer and the 2011-2012 school year will have come to a screeching halt. Most students, teachers, parents, administrators are ready to bring closure to the year and have a break. After all, it is said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. It is a chance for everyone to relax, recalibrate, and have a chance to start out fresh again at the end of August. In North Carolina, there was a push to add five more days to the calendar. However, with no additional funding to pay for the cost of the days, it was determined that 180 days would be sufficient in the 2012-2013 academic year.
In some schools, all the teachers, staff, and administrators follow the students and ring out the school year with noisemakers and farewell waves. Then, they will dash back inside to put the cumulative folders in order, make sure their rooms are packed up, and double check that books are inventoried, technology is inventoried and stored and that their checklists are finished. While the students finish today, teachers have several more days of work. Hats off to a great finish to the school year and a happy new beginning....... in August. We suspect summer will fly by.
The above photo was taken at the bus hub at Grimsley High School.
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