It's Miller Time!!

Another First Day of School under my belt.  Are they getting harder because I am getting older, or are they just getting harder?

• Angry parents because their child is not on a class list.  (Duh... you have to register first!!)

• Five criers (three students/two parents).  Seven if you count me and Char.

• 98% of the students and parents coming thru the office need help to find their classroom.

• Two parents wanting their child switched to another classroom.  Now.  Today.  One wanting a ten minute explanation from me on how we place the students in their classes.  (All while the 98% of the students and parents needing help finding their classrooms are waiting in the office!)

• FIVE paraprofessional subs.  Each had different hours and I had to figure out who went where.  (Of course while the 98%..........)

• An upset parent because we don't sell water at school.  "What are they going to drink?"  "We have water fountains outside."   "Is it cold water?"  "No."  "Well, you should start selling water."  (Under my breath.)  "Ya... we'll get right on that."

• One missing kindergartner after school.  The class got dismissed by the color they were wearing and the teacher never called his color, so he was still sitting in 'the circle' in the classroom!... Gotta love a kid that follows the rules!!

•  Four calls asking me to check the classroom to make sure their child made it to school.

• Lost count of the calls asking us to 'remind' their child to ride the bus/not ride the bus.  Remind???  If you told them in the morning that should be good enough!

• A brand new student fell playing basketball and knocked out BOTH front teeth.  He bellowed and cried in the nurse's office for 15 minutes until his mom finally got there.  When I tried to calm him, he just wailed... "I want my precious teeth back!"  (I think he meant permanent teeth.)  He carried on so long I lost sympathy for him.  Enough already!!  (By now it is 2:00 and any shred of patience I might have had was long gone.)

• Angry parent because her child lost both his permanent front teeth.  Somehow it was our fault.

• Two 'leftover' students (meaning no one picked them up).  Apparently parents were still celebrating that school started.  All phone numbers were disconnected and their place of employment never heard of them.

So... how was your day???