When more than 1,100 students arrive for the first day of the school year at Beech Hill Elementary today, Principal Rene Harris will be making sure everything is running smoothly.
Teachers will be easing children back into the learning world after lazy summer days. Food service workers will be preparing the first day’s lunch.
And school counselor Tammy Masopust will be helping out in any way she’s needed, while quietly watching for the subtle signs that indicate students might be having problems.
A couple of Sundays back now, I said a prayer for the coming school year, for all in positions of responsibility in education here in the greater community. You could feel the tension rise among the administrators and teachers, etc., in the parish family.
It is such a big responsibility. May the Lord be with them.