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May 14, 2008 at 1:02 AM

Well, I have been wanting snow days since I moved south, so I got a tornado day instead. Everyone was off on Monday. Today the students were still off, but teachers came in to at least take care of one of our end of the year staff planning days. The schools I teach at were unaffected, but those in the southwest of town were hammered. One high school lost its roof, had portables turned over and a couple inches of standing water. The high school students were just getting ready to take state required end-of-course tests, so they are going to alternate days with one of the other high schools in order to finish up. My 2 schools are open and will have staff from other buildings present to finish doing grades, etc. while their schools become operational. We are very fortunate the storms hit when school was not in session. I am supposed to begin a technology class on Thursday at a local college that received some damage, so we'll see if it really starts as scheduled.

My orchestra stuff has eased up for the moment. My husband is off playing opera on the other side of the state. One of the cellists in the pit was a former classmate of mine at CIM who now operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac procedures. Another cellist from that area was murdered on Saturday night; it's been a crazy week.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on May 14, 2008 at 3:14 AM

I'm very glad that you, your school, and your family were spared from the destruction of the tornadoes.

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