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Friday, March 13, 2026

Friday, March 13

4:50 a.m. - Yesterday was another busy one, as the entire week has been.  I spent the morning at Andalusia Elementary conducting Biztown interviews with 5th grade students.  This is something that at least I enjoy!  Then it was back to IC Elementary to take care of things and put out fires there, which included having to supervise a student in my office for the afternoon.  Then there were lots of grandchildren at our house for the evening.  I did watch some of the IHSA boys basketball tournament and a little of the Big Ten Tournament.

Today is Friday the 13th.  It's a half day and that means professional development.  It's pay day.  And apparently we are already on a winter storm watch for Sunday - WHAT?  Kevin Phelps just hinted at 6 inches of snow and a blizzard warning - WHAT?  Sheesh.  Survive the day...get to the weekend, and then maybe a snow day on Monday.  Weather life is never dull in West Central Illinois!

Things to do for School 

  • make a  daily contact with Mrs. Sywassink and document
  • update attendance each week in SDS
  • send any IEP notices to Mrs. Saey
  • Mar 25 - PTO meeting at ICE at 6 p.m.
  • Apr 22 - PTO meeting at Andalusia 6 p.m.

OTHER THINGS

    Things To Do for History Page
    • What/Where is South Buffalo Prairie School and for that matter West Buffalo School and East Taylor Ridge School?  ugh.
    • Friday Tidbit on the RR History Network Page


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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Thursday, March 12

5:07 a.m. - Yesterday was another busy, event -filled day.  But now I have some direction.  First, I had my evaluation with Mr. Bush, and he gave me some things to accomplish.  Next, I went to see Dr. Hussein, and within a couple of hours, I had a date set for surgery on the left knee, which is May 4.  So now I have that date set and can plan a variety of things - including camping weekends in April and ordering a couple of months of membership at the Aledo YMCA to work on getting some exercise.  And at the end of the day there was another meeting about a student.

Today I have some interviews of students at AES - their Biztown interviews.  At least that might be something that doesn't require me to do anything afterwords as a result of the event.  And the weather?  Yuck.  It's going to be cold and winter like!  Is it Friday yet?

Things to do for School 

  • make a  daily contact with Mrs. Sywassink and document
  • update attendance each week in SDS
  • send any IEP notices to Mrs. Saey
  • Mar 25 - PTO meeting at ICE at 6 p.m.
  • Apr 22 - PTO meeting at Andalusia 6 p.m.

OTHER THINGS

    Things To Do for History Page
    • What/Where is South Buffalo Prairie School and for that matter West Buffalo School and East Taylor Ridge School?  ugh.
    • Friday Tidbit on the RR History Network Page


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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Wednesday, March 11

6:04 a.m. - I got through yesterday - another long day.  With the potential of thunderstorms in the area in the afternoon, I went ahead and decided to go forward with having a staff meeting after school.  It wasn't much of a meeting in the sense of staff member talking with each other; it was pretty much me sharing information and thoughts.  One of those thoughts was my view of "staying in your primary", and I used my experiences as an official to attempt to explain the power of staying in your primary.  They looked like they were paying attention; maybe some folks thought it was stupid, but at least I made an attempt.  After getting home, I just watched television, which was some basketball and storm coverage.  

And on to today...which is even busier and could be just as problematic as Monday and Tuesday were.  Today's information, though, will give me some direction - I will get direction on my professional life as I have a performance evaluation with Mr. Bush.  I will get direction on my health as I have a consultation (and I'm sure x-rays) on my left knee with Dr. Hussein at ORA, and I'll get the new student council at IC Elementary up and running, and I'll be in on an IEP meeting that will give some direction with that student.  

I will be ready for the week to be over after today, but there will still be two days to the week - dang!  And as I'm typing this, the weather guy is talking snow for the weekend with temperatures in the 30's next week.

Things to do for School 

  • make a  daily contact with Mrs. Sywassink and document
  • update attendance each week in SDS
  • send any IEP notices to Mrs. Saey
  • Mar 25 - PTO meeting at ICE at 6 p.m.
  • Apr 22 - PTO meeting at Andalusia 6 p.m.

OTHER THINGS

    Things To Do for History Page
    • What/Where is South Buffalo Prairie School and for that matter West Buffalo School and East Taylor Ridge School?  ugh.
    • Friday Tidbit on the RR History Network Page


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