School is not out for Easter this year in our county. This seems weird to me. I hear on the radio that in the greater Tampa radio market (Hillsborough, Polk, maybe others) thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and cafeteria works have taken the day as a vacation day such that classes will need to pair up and bus routes will be delayed due to shortage of employees. This should make for a mostly useless school day. I’ll know for sure when I speak to my third-grader later today. I’m guessing it will be movie day or free reading day in honor of the FCAT being over. Kids will think that’s why they call today Good Friday.
Busy weekend ahead. My family has declared Easter shall be observed on Saturday this year. We will be attempting to attend two family gatherings, one at my mom’s and one at my brother-in-law’s house tomorrow. This means no nap for the boys and tons of candy for everyone. The kids should be a joy by the day’s end. The bright side is that maybe we can have a quiet day Sunday with the immediate family. I smell a nap in my future and possibly some hard boiled pastel eggs.
– steve