Tuesday morning, our maintenance man pops his head into prayer meeting and asks us to pray for the boiler.
The BOILER???
At 7 am, the boiler went kablooey. We had school Tuesday and then we were told to dress warm for Wednesday and he would see how it was Wed. morning and then make the call about what to do next. There is a boiler in the area that we can get, but it takes 3 days to get it and then 5 days to install.
So, Wed. came and went, a little chillier, but not too bad. Then, last night the low was about 15 degrees, leaving the building without heat in cold weather for over 36 hours. This morning it was 56 degrees in our classrooms. And STILL...we had school. There was ice on the INSIDE of my classroom window today. There are space heaters in each room, which constantly trips the breaker. I borrowed Erin's for a little bit and I'm still saving the heat in my room by keeping the door closed. The kids think it's great that they get to wear their coats in the classroom, or wrap up in blankets while learning about David and Goliath. Harold brought around hot chocolate to all of the classes today for an extra special treat.
It's all cute and fun.....but it's cold. And it's going to keep getting colder. And it won't be cute and fun anymore after today. Today's not even very fun. Tomorrow we are having our Black History Celebration with a program and a lunch served to the kids-fried chicken, collard greens, maccaroni and cheese, etc. It's going to be very cold tomorrow. And we will still have school. It won't be cancelled because of the program.
I always wanted to be one of those kids whose school name was on the ticker at the bottom of the news station and beside it said: no heat.
Well. Calvary Road Christian School: No heat. Yes school.
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