Monday morning we got up bright and early. After breakfast I dressed my daughter in her new uniform. Then we got on the bike and rode on down to her new school. Last year Persephone went to Pre-K3 at a Catholic school in Jefferson Parish on the West Bank. It was a good experience, I [...]
It’s become a tradition to take a photo of Xy as she heads off to her first day of classes. I realized this morning that we’ve been doing this for long enough that I have built up quite a little archive, going back to 2005, just a few days before Katrina. These photos kind of [...]
Instead of strengthening into a named storm, Tropical Depression #5 petered out and dissipated into nothing but a bunch of rainy weather. If it had played out differently, school might have been cancelled, but as it was today was the first day of classes at Xy’s new school. Yes, she’s teaching again, as I mentioned [...]
I’d like to take a moment to salute all the teachers of the world who work so hard for our children. You rock! Today is the first day of classes at Xy’s new school. I took her traditional “first day” photo as she left the house. Not easy holding a toddler in one arm. As [...]
Classes begin today at Xy’s school. So soon? Well, yes. There’s no longer a single big “back to school” day in our fractured system. All the schools are on different schedules now. Xy’s school year starts earlier than most. They also end earlier, unlike the Recovery School District, where they’re going for a longer school [...]
School started last week, and the campus is once again swarming with students. I’m always glad to see them, but now more than ever. The re-opening of the universities in January of 2006 was the single most positive moment in the recovery of New Orleans. Unfortunately we haven’t had many other moments like that since. [...]
Hard to believe, but today is the first day of school for the Algiers Charters. I always feel a great deal of pride when I see Xy off on the first day of school.
It’s the first day of school for Xy today. I took a picture before she drove off to Algiers this morning. Here’s hoping this school year doesn’t suffer any major interruption like we had last time. It sure would seem smarter to me if we all took a cue from Dillard and started school after [...]
Today was the first day of classes at several schools in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, including Xy’s new school. It’s big news. That’s because these new charter schools — the Algiers Charter Schools Association — are billed as a bold new experiment for the city. I don’t know quite what to think of [...]
I’m not a teacher, but I work at a university, and Xy is a teacher in the New Orleans Public Schools, and we live just a block from Warren Easton High School. All of which means that my life is subject to the cycles of the academic calendar. During the summer, I get in the [...]
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