Old School
December 8th, 2005 by Editor BI’ve spent the better part of the last two days hauling stuff from Xy’s old school to her new one. Just a short drive up and down DeGualle. Five car loads and half a pickup truck too.
A lot of people don’t realize that teachers tend to have to furnish all their own supplies, out of their own pockets. But that’s how it is.
SWAT/SOD is still using her old school as a base of operations. 80 guys, sort of a frat house atmosphere. The school yard is clogged with vehicles: police cruisers, SUVs, boats. The halls are lined with supplies: bottled water, batteries, Girl Scout cookies. Some beer, some porn.
I’ve volunteered to go back in, tomorrow maybe, and help retrieve more supplies on behalf of the principal.

December 9th, 2005 at 8:29 am
“bottled water, batteries, Girl Scout cookies. Some beer, some porn” — now i have a list of emergency preparedness items to keep on hand.
February 15th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
[...] taken on a Saturday afternoon, but the point’s still relevant. I’d spent several days pilfering her old school for supplies to bring to the new [...]