Getting ready for first day of school

["Emily J. Honaker" <emily_h@TRECA.OHIO.GOV>]

I've been reading with interest the new job/first day
messages.  I realize now how lucky I am.
        We all have different situations -- our story
is rather unusual.  Last year we rented another
building for several of our programs (we are a vocational
high school) with the expectation that our levy would pass
in November (it didn't).  We went back to the polls in
March, againg it didn't pass.  We lost our lease to the
building but the company that owned it allowed us to keep
everything in the building until the August 6 special
election.  We lost by 4 votes with 68 walk in votes to
be counted on August 20.  We had no choice but to pack
everything and move it back to the north campus (Electronics,
CAD/Drafting, Computer Technology were just 3 of the labs
located at the south campus).  On August 20 we won by
18 votes.  School started the 26th. and on the 21st we
turned around and moved everthing back to south campus.
My library went from having adequate space to having to
share the teacher's workroom to store my equimpment to
getting everything back to the way it was last year. Plus
I now have the conference room that I can use for the ACTV
that we have.
        It has been a roller coaster start to our school
year.  But I will be able to automate my library, hopefully
starting the preliminary work this year.  It is going to be
exciting -- I will also have a media center at the south campus,
I'm starting to look at furniture, etc.
                                        Emily Jean

Emily Jean Honaker, Media Specialist            EMILY_H@TRECA.OHIO.GOV
Delaware JVS The Area Career Center
1610 St. Rt. 521, Delaware, Ohio 43015-9001
        Dreams are where we want to go -- work is how we get there.