Day 1795: Novel Women

Scheduling conflicts made it necessary to split my time between our annual book club Christmas party and the parent meeting in Brocton.  We were having such a good time catching up and then boom, I had to leave.  

The worst part was only four Brocton parents and one Fredonia parent came.  They seemed very receptive but concerned about the conflict with the Chautauqua County Music Festival in May as well as softball games.   I had really hope they would break the threshold of 5 that they've maintained since 2009.  Two more meetings to go.  I asked student leaders to visit with the eighth graders on Tuesday and Wednesday during lunch and Bryan is reminding them during class.  Those efforts are on top of the personal letter to every parent, two meetings with the kids and ten announcements.  It's exasperating! 

We started the Christmas decorating today, a bit listlessly, but we forged ahead for our kids.  I have no enthusiasm for hanging garlands or arranging bulbs, beads and birds. 

I missed the picture with my pals!