School Volunteering

The school is operating with a skeleton crew now (with the headmaster barred from entering the school). The week before last there were only two teachers Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On those days V volunteered by staying at the school during the day with the kids and helped out where she could. I did some extra driving after school to help shuttle some kids around between activities. (I tried practicing German with them, and having them practice some English while driving, which in general resulting in a lot of giggling.) This last week some other parents came forward and volunteered. The remaining teachers have a lot of pressure on them and I really appreciate how hard they are working to keep things going. The kids split into two groups, one group worked with horses for a few days while the other group made a film at the school. Most of the film was funny and light hearted but it did contain some "angst" sections with one of the teachers "fighting evil" and with WWII bombing references, which my son told me was because the kids were worried about what would happen with the school change.

Also, V saw/heard about some advertisements to hire new teachers that the occupation adults put out. Apparently they do not have anyone in place to take over teaching, and from what the headmaster said it can be difficult to find people to hire. So this transition may continue for a long time.