Not the End Quite Yet

There are only four weeks of school left, but in those weeks here's what's going on: Kindergarten field trip to the local Audubon center; kinder field trip to the fire station, PTA's big fundraising gala and silent auction, the talent show, kinder graduation and party, and an event our school is famous for -- the ALL SCHOOL field trip, which means the entire school, all the classes, all the administrators, all the support staff. We go to a park and do fitness-related activities and school spirit stuff and have lunch.

Last year I happened to call the school on the day of the all school field trip, and I had to laugh when the person who answered the phone said, "I don't really work here, I'm just filling in because the entire school is away today."

For events like these, every penny counts, and with the cost of feeding everyone lunch that day, we can only afford three school buses. So all the kids and teachers get crammed into those, and everyone else has to drive themselves.