At my last post I was very excited about the promise of the coming year, however, my progress has come across a large hurdle. The district is in a multimillion-dollar deficit and magnet programs are on the chopping block. My job as lead teacher has been eliminated and I have been surplused. My programs transportation has been eliminated and we will receive no funding. What to do?
I am fortunate that I have a principal who believes in me and the program, so we are going to get creative. Luckily I am also certified to teach Science and a teacher has retired so I will be teaching Science half the day and recruiting for the program the other half. I had the foresight to see that transportation could become an issue so I made sure our students were riding in on ESE buses (they have to run its federally mandated) So my student will still get a ride. As for program funds we are going to pursue grants and business partners.
In these tough economic times you need to get creative and be flexible. It’s a matter of survival!
