Breaking Hiatus

[iamnikchick]

I've been on a blogging hiatus. Too much going on, most of it I can't blog about because it's grindingly mundane or just too damn personal to be spreading all over the internet, especially in light of the sorts of people who have been looking me up in recent weeks

Comments

[hackard]

Not to be contrary, but I'm wondering why I'd want to send money to support a school that's willing to condone theft in the name of arbitrary zero thought tolerance policies.

[iamnikchick]

It's a district policy, just like the student dress codes and "behavior contract". Sadly, as much as I bitch about this hippie school, the other schools in the south end of Seattle are waaaaay worse.

Both the state and the school district have huge projected budget deficits and the PTA has to raise the funds to keep programs from getting any worse. Our fund raising pays for all sorts of stuff, including staff salaries for positions that the district doesn't support (like having an actual on-staff librarian or a technology assistant who keeps the less-than-state-of-the-art computers running).

[bruceb]

Ah, the drearily familiar stuff. I'll see what I can pitch in come the start of the month. It's a worthy cause.

[irishmamacat]

That's too bad stuff got stolen from Kate. I remember the stuff that happened when I was in elementary school - it got so my Mom didn't want to buy me stuff, because it all got stolen (nothing like an ipod, I'm talking fake jewelry and stuff). My daughter's only 2 1/2, and I'm already worried about sending her to school! It's too bad Kate can't walk home. I was able to do that in High School, and it made things much more pleasant for me.

Yeah, the economy is sucky for those of us who work for the local gov't and with kids. I'm getting a 2% raise (and my health ins went up 22%), and they are talking about cutting down the librarians at each branch, because they don't "need" us. Makes you walk nervous.