Pre-Week Update

We are down to the wire!  The week has been peppered by conference-wide and academy specific in-services and meetings with parents, students, and colleagues.  The painting projects are almost finished.  Carpets are being cleaned or replaced.  Doors are being fixed.  Windows are being cleaned.  Floors vacuumed. Sidewalks cleared.  Students are beginning to arrive on campus to begin their work assignments.  It’s beginning to buzz.  It is exciting!

Yet the reality lingers that so much remains to be done.  The cafeteria projects are behind schedule, but I am still hopeful.  Anyone want to donate to that project?  The furniture for the student center is being delayed, but it should get here right at the wire.  The library relocation project is in full swing, but technical difficulties have arisen with the hardware.  Equipment ordered for the Physics Department and the library has not arrived as of today.  The flooring for the Life Skills Room is not in place…yet.  But hope springs eternal!

We had a great In-Service for all schools on Monday.  We dealt with team building and the “Speed of Trust.”  I hope it sinks in.  Working with people is a joy, but it is not for people who work on the basis of distrust.  It is much too costly a way of doing business.  I hope that every school in this conference will gain or foment a reputation for being customer service friendly.  We would be miles ahead if we just learned to treat people well.  It can be difficult at times, but people should know that we value them, even when are unreasonable. 

Well, anyway, TAA pre-week meeting is scheduled every morning this week.  Lots to discuss, but I will break it up to allow them the opportunity to finish their classroom.  I also need time to keep up with the e-mails and phone calls that seem to never end.  As with a kidney stone—“this too shall pass