Holiday?

Not for me. No students, but 8-12 was "in-service" which just means you had to be at school, working. Got a lot of grading done, organized the room, found out we are expected to administer yet another "formative assessment" (practice test) to students - - by the end of the week! Another 86 item test. Last time it took several days, so basically it looks like this week is shot to hell. Good thing I didn't work up anything major.

Noon - 3 was parent/teacher conferences. Six scheduled, and 3 showed up, plus a walk-in. One of our teachers was out sick, so there were just 3 of us. The walk-ins were parents of a student with attitude problems that affect her grades. Both parents are deaf, so her older brother came to interpret - a great kid in the 8th grade. We didn't know our student could sign - turns out she is exhibiting the same attitude problems at home, and during the meeting she yelled at one of our teachers (claiming that the teacher "lies on her" - not what it sounds like, but you don't accuse a teacher of lying). Parents were supportive of us, and I admired the hell out of them for their dedication. Two of the no-shows will probably result in pending suspensions (at least) and possibly calls to DCS (at worst).

High notes of the weekend - dinner last night. Pork loin (lemon garlic) on the grill with pencil thin asparagus and dirty rice. You know you made a good meal when 3 of 4 of the family have seconds (we won't count the oldest who is a tempermental vegetarian - she refuses to eat meat when it will inconvenience others). Youngest even had the pork for her lunch today - Naturally the kids didn't have school either.