Today was exhausting.  I knew it was going to be exhausting; we have a large number of teachers out at a conference for the next several days (Monday and Tuesday are gonna suck too) and a few who were out for other reasons, and there’s just no way on Earth we’re ever going to get enough subs to cover that kind of absenteeism on a Friday.  Miraculously, we got more than I expected– I walked into the building this morning fully expecting to be teaching today, and ended up only having to cover a single class period– but it was a completely ridiculous day anyway, starting off with not one but two fights before the day had even properly started.

Then, during first hour, two kids– a brother and sister pair, clearly having pre-planned this in advance– fled the building.  One had a sub in his classroom and just snuck out of the room when she wasn’t looking, the other literally made eye contact with her teacher immediately before fleeing the gym.  Both were in a car within about ten seconds of leaving the classroom.

Fun fact: the driver of the car committed two federal offenses today!  And we have video of his car!  It’s kidnapping even if the kids are okay with it if you take them from school without parental permission.  We’d found the girl within about an hour; the boy is still at large.

It was a long fucking day.   And there are two more coming before the building gets back to normal.