The day after school ended, Claire got to go to a birthday swimming party for one of her friends.  She started off summer break in style, jumping off the diving board with her friends over and over.

Originally, this was going to be a bad weather make up day due to several snow and ice days this winter.  But the AISD Board of Trustees and the Texas Education Agency basically would take action and “designate March 3, which is already a regular, full instructional day, to serve as a bad weather make-up day.”  Huh?  I heard the Texas state legislature was also somehow involved in this scheme, which requires me to hire a sitter for the day.  But it works for the kids and the teachers, and they do deserve a Friday off!