More About The Last Day

Boylee had made a scrapbook page for Mrs. Richards, and we had contributed to our group gift card for her. But I asked Boylee if there was anybody else at school we needed to thank or recognize at the end of the year. So we thanked our great principal. Boylee went out of his way to say "Have a nice summer" to Mr. Greene, the janitor. We said thanks to the 3rd grade teacher, a great guy who gave Boylee a recording and sheet music of the song his class sang at the Spring Concert, just because Boylee said he liked it. (That teacher got laid off, by the way, strictly because of his lack of seniority. Apparently he's a wonderful teacher.)

And Boylee made a card for the librarian, Mrs. Cain. Her job is up in the air -- she'll probably be reduced to half time, and spend half her week at another school. Technically, it could be any school, anywhere in the city. And though she's been working for the district for about 15 years, she says she's not very senior in the world of librarians. So her spot at our school might get taken by someone else. And she's a really sweet, gentle lady. Anyway, Boylee wrote her a card that said, "Thanks for letting me be a bookworm." She had tears in her eyes when he gave it to her.