Tomorrow
I won't sleep tonight....for tomorrow they come.
Some will be excited and others wellllll.....not so much.
Some Moms will cry and some Moms won't even look back...
Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year.
Every year is different but this year things are extremely different.
Schools across the state and for that matter the nation have experienced a mass exodus of teachers leaving the profession. We have new teachers that are degreed but not certified as districts are enrolling them in alt cert programs as fast as they can be processed. Area districts could not even get subs over the past two years - last year districts partnered with an employment agency to try and find warm bodies to serve as substitutes.
After children were virtual at the beginning of the pandemic and the following year it has been a struggle to make up for the loss in classroom instruction ....we were blessed in my district we went up to being just a few points short of an A this year. It is a huge accomplishment. It took a lot of hard work to get kids where they needed to be and I am so proud of our scholars and our educators. We celebrated briefly but tomorrow we start a new year.
I just pray with my whole heart that every child in every school in every town/city is blessed in amazing ways. I pray for their safety and peace when they walk through those doors. I pray for principals, assistant principals, counselors, all educators, paras and district police officers.
The community of Uvalde and all those sadly before them weighs heavily up on my heart and mind. May God embrace those families and communities who are mourning having experienced such senseless evil tragedies.
I won't sleep tonight...for tomorrow they come...