intercom blues

reposted from mid-Feb

Yep – we STILL say the pledge of allegiance – not every day, but about once a week the nsfna (not so friendly not-my-boss administrator **see note below) gets on the intercom, announces the perfect attendance winners, the students of the week, any birthdays coming up, and a couple students’ favorite books ( I am not making this up) (How could I?) These are for grades k-4. NONE of these are in grades 5-8. Our principal doesn’t do that; he sends email for announcements. In fact, we have a place for announcements on our gradebook/attendance program every day. But she likes the intercom. Today she announced her son’s birthday. Which is nice – friendly – reminds us that we have a life outside of this building. But my students were having a QUIZ. Sheesh!!

Then she leads us in the pledge.

Yesterday the nsfna (not so friendly not-my-boss administrator **see note below) interrupted my lessons on the intercom to announce that someone had oranges and grapefruit for sale in the office. She interrupted three times. One of those was a message for a specific teacher. Yes, our intercom CAN be used to call a specific room. Yes, she interrupted EVERY class for that. SO there are disadvantages to small schools/small administrators.

But I’m not bitter. YMMV.

** See, our school is so small that we have elementary and middle school in the same building. We are in separate hallways and have separate Secretaries, Principals. But we share the cafeteria, gym, art teacher, etc. And when one principal is absent, the other is backup for behavior problems. So she’s not my boss. Really.