{"id":3429,"date":"2016-09-05T02:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:28","slug":"not-ready-for-prime-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3429","title":{"rendered":"NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But here it comes anyway. The first day of school. TOMORROW!And it&#8217;s going to be another historic year. For Melissa, the biggest change is that she won&#8217;t be tied to one particular classroom, but will be supervising and guiding the teachers from preschool through 6th while continuing to develop the school&#8217;s curriculum. For me, the biggest change is that we actually have a junior and senior high now (through 10th grade, anyway) and I get to focus on Bible and English for them all because we have new folks in place to teach social studies, math and science for these upper levels. Big things are happening!Our family returned to Haiti almost three weeks ago and it feels like we&#8217;ve been running non-stop ever since, while picking up the pace a bit with each passing day. Melissa and I are pooped out &#8211; and we&#8217;re not the only ones.\u00a0But we are VERY THANKFUL for a short delay for our start date. If we had started last Thursday as originally planned, it could have been a complete disaster.\u00a0For our junior high and high school students, the pictures below show THE major source of disruption. Construction on the two new classrooms fell behind last spring &#8211; due to mango tree roots being where a foundation needed to be &#8211; and it just never recovered.\u00a0Here&#8217;s me last week in my new classroom:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160824_101452-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160824_101409-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160819_134616-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With absolutely no spare rooms on Cowman&#8217;s campus, the best solution regarding unfinished classrooms was to use a couple of the old seminary classrooms on the main OMS mission grounds to temporarily house the junior and senior high. Advantage: these classrooms are a short walk from our house.Disadvantage:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160823_162041-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160823_162049-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160823_163029-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160823_162120-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, nothing that some paint and a few gallons of sweat couldn&#8217;t fix.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you think of it, could you lift a prayer for our first day &#8211; for the students (especially the ones who are brand new), for our teachers (again, especially the ones who are brand new), and for our principal, Angie Bundy, who has been down all weekend with a bad back?We&#8217;ll keep you posted on our progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But here it comes anyway. The first day of school. TOMORROW!And it&#8217;s going to be another historic year. For Melissa, the biggest change is that she won&#8217;t be tied to one particular classroom, but will be supervising and guiding the teachers from preschool through 6th while continuing to develop the school&#8217;s curriculum. 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