Have you ever wondered, the sort of things people call schools about? (Of course you have!)
Conversation yesterday :
::Ring!::
“__________ Middle School Attendance.”
“Hi, I registered my daughter this week, and I want to know why no one told me I have to call you when she’s not going to be there.”
Long silence.
“Hello? Are you there?”
“I’m…just trying to think what to say.”
“I mean, you guys didn’t give me a number or anything. I had to look it up. Now I’m in trouble because you didn’t tell me to call you!”
“Are you k—I mean, didn’t you need to excuse her absences at her last school?”
“Yes, but they told me that! They gave me a number and everything! I mean, I had to dig out my phone book, and–are you laughing?”
“No, ma’am, I was coughing. Is this ________’s mom? We left a message at your work yesterday.”
“I didn’t work yesterday. So I’m not supposed to call you, you’re supposed to call me?”
Long silence.
“Hello?”
“I’m…not sure what to say. Can I have an administrator call you? Do you have a home phone yet?”
“Yes! And I always have!”
“I’m sorry, you didn’t put it on your emergency card. (from which we get numbers to call if a student is injured!) Can I get that number and have an administrator call you?”
I have a feeling the young lady will be in class next week. You haven’t met my principal. She is the nicest lady you NEVER want to cross.