It’s Been Monday All Week

25 Feb

Oh, yeah. It is Monday.

Today was the longest and scariest Monday in all my years as an educator. It was my first and hopefully last student involved shooting. I wish I could say that at no time were our school’s students in jeopardy or danger, but that is not true. Thankfully and unfortunately, only the one student was harmed, and it was rather serious.

No links or further details will be provided. Feel free to Google on your own, but please respect my request for anonymity.

Pray for a safe day tomorrow.

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12 Responses to “It’s Been Monday All Week”

  1. mrschili February 25, 2008 at 7:47 pm #

    Oh, Honey! Email me (mrschili AT comcast DOT net) and let’s talk…

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  2. Melissa February 25, 2008 at 8:43 pm #

    Shit. I’m sorry. I’m glad you’re OK. This is not OK and I’m sorry.

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  3. kdw February 25, 2008 at 9:44 pm #

    Oy! Keep yourself safe! we’ve had a rash of these in the high schools, but middle school? I’ll watch the news tonight. Be safe tomorrow, ok? I’m thinking about you……

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  4. natalie February 26, 2008 at 8:41 am #

    How awful, I’m glad that you are safe.

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  5. On a Limb with Claudia February 26, 2008 at 11:09 am #

    I am very sorry. I hope you are all right. Having danced with Columbine, I have some idea the long tentacles this kind of thing produces.

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  6. Bec February 26, 2008 at 12:43 pm #

    My thoughts are with you and your students.

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  7. Tense Teacher February 26, 2008 at 6:32 pm #

    I am so sorry. If you need to vent, feel free to send me an email. I’m so glad you’re okay, and I’ll pray for you, your students and the school.

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  8. Nina February 26, 2008 at 6:40 pm #

    so sorry, honey. horrible. I hope tomorrow goes better.

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  9. liprap February 26, 2008 at 7:07 pm #

    I’m so very sorry, too. Glad you are okay and please please take some time for yourself some how some way.

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  10. cajunvegan February 26, 2008 at 8:59 pm #

    Thank you for your comments and emails. It has been a surreal week. The good news is the victim survived surgery and is now stable. The better news is there were no further incidents on today (Tuesday). The best news is several “key” district administrators complimented our entire administrative team for how promptly we responded to the crisis and how well we handled the aftermath.

    Does kudos = promotion?

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  11. Melissa February 27, 2008 at 8:38 pm #

    One can hope, right? ;-)

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