Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
GRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 03:58 pmI HATE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT!!!!
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lddhurham, this is me, finally flipping my nut!
I am FURIOUS!!
Today was the TAKS test at the junior high. I picked up my daughter after school and she tells me... that a girl sat next to her who is possibly a carrier for swine flu, and she only came to school to take her test, and left right after.
*YANKS OUT HAIR*
Oh, you KNOW I tried calling the school office. Funny, but for some odd reason, their switchboard was shut down. Huh. Funny that. Can't imagine why. Maybe it was because 20 or 30 angry parents like ME were calling and demanding to know just what the hell they were THINKING????
So... I called the school district.
They said they had no idea, and I believe them. BUT I'M STILL PISSED OFF!! HUGE break in district protocol... HUGE. Especially with two school districts just down I-35 from us who have shut down their schools... because of swine flu.
Auntie is madder than a hornet. Forget Bear Mode. I'm in Mother Wolf Auntie Mode right now.
lddhurham, this is me, finally flipping my nut!I am FURIOUS!!
Today was the TAKS test at the junior high. I picked up my daughter after school and she tells me... that a girl sat next to her who is possibly a carrier for swine flu, and she only came to school to take her test, and left right after.
*YANKS OUT HAIR*
Oh, you KNOW I tried calling the school office. Funny, but for some odd reason, their switchboard was shut down. Huh. Funny that. Can't imagine why. Maybe it was because 20 or 30 angry parents like ME were calling and demanding to know just what the hell they were THINKING????
So... I called the school district.
They said they had no idea, and I believe them. BUT I'M STILL PISSED OFF!! HUGE break in district protocol... HUGE. Especially with two school districts just down I-35 from us who have shut down their schools... because of swine flu.
Auntie is madder than a hornet. Forget Bear Mode. I'm in Mother Wolf Auntie Mode right now.
Because life goes on, even when Auntie's going spare...
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 11:19 pmWell, first off, I just checked the school district's web page a little while ago and there's a letter up, stating that our school district AND county have no confirmed cases of swine flu... at this time.
Meaning I set a fox in the hen house when I made my lil' ol' phone call.
Good. They need shaking up, and to tighten up their sloppy practices. Trust me... they have some pretty damn sloppy practices. Need I remind anyone of the year of "once-a-month-strep?"
*grimaces*
On a lighter note, my daughter spotted one of our herd of spiny lizards sunning itself on a football (alas, the American kind,shocolate), and he/she stayed long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.
( Click to see our mini-dinosaur!! )
I am trying to distract myself, really. It's kinda... okay, it's not working, and I don't know how much sleep I'm going to get. I'm very... upset. Not so much about my kids possibly getting swine flu as their being exposed to it because of sloppiness, carelessness, and thoughtlessness on the part of a school district so focused on those damn TAKS tests that they put my kids (and I include all my kids in this, my biological kids, and the ones I've taken into my heart) at risk just so the numbers of kids taking the tests stay high, thus increasing the odds of good scores. And thus, more funding and recognition.
And yes, I'm worried about my kids getting the flu. Because of stupidity. Sheer, careless, asinine, and completely ham-handed stupidity.
I better get some answers tomorrow. Or I go public.
*throws down gauntlet*
Meaning I set a fox in the hen house when I made my lil' ol' phone call.
Good. They need shaking up, and to tighten up their sloppy practices. Trust me... they have some pretty damn sloppy practices. Need I remind anyone of the year of "once-a-month-strep?"
*grimaces*
On a lighter note, my daughter spotted one of our herd of spiny lizards sunning itself on a football (alas, the American kind,
shocolate), and he/she stayed long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.( Click to see our mini-dinosaur!! )I am trying to distract myself, really. It's kinda... okay, it's not working, and I don't know how much sleep I'm going to get. I'm very... upset. Not so much about my kids possibly getting swine flu as their being exposed to it because of sloppiness, carelessness, and thoughtlessness on the part of a school district so focused on those damn TAKS tests that they put my kids (and I include all my kids in this, my biological kids, and the ones I've taken into my heart) at risk just so the numbers of kids taking the tests stay high, thus increasing the odds of good scores. And thus, more funding and recognition.
And yes, I'm worried about my kids getting the flu. Because of stupidity. Sheer, careless, asinine, and completely ham-handed stupidity.
I better get some answers tomorrow. Or I go public.
*throws down gauntlet*
