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I read with interest the new job/first week thread. (Labor Day weekend, first time I have had a chance to turn on my home computer.) I only wish my problems were so small. As many of you in the Kansas City area know, my brand new school was flooded when the incoming water main separated the Sat. night, 8/24, after we had opened school on the previous Wed. The pipe was located in an area across from the LMC. I know other librarians have suffered worse nightmares, so don't think I am feeling sorry for myself. But, it will be a several weeks before I get "our" books into the hands of students. The books are now being freeze-dried in Ft. Worth, TX. I must say a big "thank you" to my two paras; without Claudia and Kathy, I don't think I would have managed so easily. I must say the damage was minimalized by the excellent disaster response team that the Blue Valley district has in place. Other longer term response teams have been brought in by the various insurance companies involved, and I know of only one space (not in the LMC) that actually had mildew. By the way, NOW would be a good time to see if your district has disaster response plans. To update anyone interested, the data wiring will be redone before we can restart any of our computers. The furniture company will be in on Tue. (I hope), and they and the carpet tile people will finish pulling up the carpet tiles from the steel panel false floor. We have already pulled up some steel panels and dried out the underneath concrete subfloor. Once those two things are done, I plan to start borrowing from other buildings as students need materials to get us by until our books come back. I hope to plan with our PTO a "welcome back" party for our books. WHAT A START TO A NEW JOB/FIRST WEEK! A good year to everyone! / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Judy Simms judy.simms@micro.com Library Media Specialist Prairie Star Middle School Blue Valley Schools "growing with pride" 14201 Mission Road Leawood, Kansas 66224-9718 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /