I have just completed my second week with the kids and 110 degree temps.  I have duty before school for 15 minutes and after school bus duty for 20 minutes.  It is hotter than hades here.  However, my class is great!  I am down to 28 students!  Many of them are absolutely adorable.  I still like the stinkers too.  However, one was suspended for 2 days this morning for hitting another kid in the bathroom. Hmmm...I wonder what his  year is going to be like.

I started with the kids in rows but had to move them into pods because there isn't enough room in the classroom to walk around in.  I couldn't even get between the rows to help the kids.  Even the kids with their tiny bodies couldn't always get down the rows.  It was noisy today so I had to crack down.  I don't always want a quiet classroom, but some kids need it to do their work.

My team is working out fantastic.  We are using each other to get things done.  I hope and pray that it ends that way in May.

My boss put me in charge of after school bus duty because she said I was better able to get the kids in control than anyone she ever met.  I think that means I can yell, I mean talk, louder than many people.  However, my feet almost burn in the sun each day.  I keep trying different shoes but the results are the same.  I wonder if it is the black top that I have to stand on while directing the kids to WALK to the buses in 110 degrees.

I don't think I will mind the duty so much when it cools off.  Does anyone have any idea when that might be?  I come in from duty totally wet.