Confessions of an Urban Principal/Vampires
by Frank Murphy
This book provides a first hand account of the life of an urban elementary school principal in the era of No Child Left Behind. On Monday and Wednesday, I post an installment of the current month’s chapter. The complete text for previous chapters can be found listed under Categories.
The names of all students and parents who are described in this story have been altered in order to protect their privacy.
Installment 4 of 8
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Where is everyone? This first heat wave of early summer still holds us in its sweaty grip. There were barely any students in the schoolyard when it was time to enter the building this morning. We have many children who spend the summer in the South with their extended family. I figured these children had already begun to depart. Many more most likely have stayed home rather than bake in the oven which our school has become.
I could feel the apprehension gnawing at my stomach as I continued to worry about making our NCLB
