4:06 a.m. - I had trouble going back to sleep today after getting up to pee. I'm not sure why it was so difficult, but I guess I have a lot on my mind. And I really don't have a whole lot, although I am wondering where the cat is right now. It's unusual for her not to be around early in the morning. Hmmm...I wonder if she got stuck outside last night and hasn't returned. Anyway, I do have a morning staff meeting this morning, but I don't anticipate any issues with that. I hate staff meetings. There will be many staff that legitimately can't make it; there will be staff that won't make it; and there will be staff that do make it and are irritated with those staff that don't. Plus, there really isn't much to share in a staff meeting that I can't just tell people individually or can't share in an email message. And I really wouldn't have staff meetings except people complained that we weren't having staff meetings. Maybe you can tell why I'm not a fan.
Yesterday was an okay day. I just had a lot of loose string things to tie up and take care of after the long weekend. And then last night was a BOE meeting, and it was a long one. There was a lot of good news, and there was a lot of presentation of administrators' goals, and there was a lot of discussion on the new building updates. So basically there was a lot. My part of the administrators' goals was pretty minimal, and I probably looked unprepared, but I really didn't have much. Our performance scores that we measure using MAP and mClass continue to trend up - mostly from the work teachers are doing with students with the new curriculums as well as the good engagement from students with the testing and with school in general. So our goal is to have high growth and/or high achievement and try to get to 80%. For other administrators, it seemed to be about creating goals that were achievable based upon their lower scores. Keep in mind, I get where they are coming from. Inspiring K,1,2 students to do their best on assessements is a hell of a lot easier than inspiring older students. And the older the students get, the tougher that is - especially those students that don't like to read and/or don't like school. Maybe it's the coach in me. I always had the goals of winning championships and reaching the state tournament....very lofty goals, but they were still the goals. I didn't change those goals just because a team I had lacked something - height, speed, skills, etc... And I didn't work to make our schedule easier just to win more games. And we never made it to the state finals, but that doesn't mean our seasons were failures. I don't know...maybe I just have a different thought process.
So I'll share some of this "stuff" with the staff (those that appear) this morning. I also have a student council meeting, and it's this group's last meeting. So they will be disappointed, but that means I have a new group to invite and get up-to-speed. And I also have the community friend program to get going. That's not hard nor awkward - just takes some time.
I found the cat...apparently someone closed her in down in the exercise room, and now she seems terrorized. I hope she didn't go to the bathroom somewhere down there.
One thing I didn't do yesterday was spend money. And that's a good thing, because the working cash fund is very, very low. It's pretty pathetic to be happy that the $100 Arbiter pay payment arrived, but that's the case. I hope that $2,500 refund from my health insurance payments arrives soon. And pay day is tomorrow, so that's good news.
Oh my Gosh! I just saw a Christmas commercial on television from Farm-N-Fleet. It actually said, "Merry Christmas". We are still over two weeks away from Halloween, and there is a Christmas commercial...yikes!
OTHER THINGS
- get stuff together to send out insurance stuff for reimbursement
- mailed stuff out on 8/29/26 - expecting $2,500 back
- get money back!
- Nov. 5 - 10 a.m. - Milan Optical
- Dec. 1 - 7:45 Hussain Moline
- Dec. 4 - 7:50 Dr. Blew dentist appt.
- Mar. 19-24 - trip to Kourtney in Florida
- March 11 - 10:25 a.m. - ORA Moline - Consult
- April 1 - 1:45 p.m. - ORA Moline - MRI
- April 9 - Walk in labs at Tr
- April 15 - Dr. Wang pre-op physical (surgical clearance) 8:45 a.m.
- April 28 - 9:40 a.m. at ORA Silvis
- April 30 - 10 a.m. - Milan Optical
- May 4 - surgery on left knee at Trinity Moline
- May 5- returned home from hospital
- May 6 - home recovery
- May 7 - home recovery
- May 8 - home recovery - visited ICE for about an hour - 9-10 a.m.
- May 13 - 8:45 a.m. Post-Op Appt Hussein
- May 15 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 18 - noon - ORA PT
- May 20 - 8 a.m. - with Brandon; 9:20 - ORA PT
- May 22 - 9 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 26 - 3:20 p.m. - ORA PT
- May 27 - 9 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 29 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 1 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 3 - 8:40 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 5 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 8 - 9:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 10 - 8:40 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 12 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 16 - 10:20 a.m. - ORA
- June 24 - 9:00 a.m. - ORA PT- Cancelled
- June 25 - 9:25 a.m. - ORA appt with Hussein
