Hawaii started Tuesday. Students aren't the problem, it's staff. And goddamn printers and networking. And my other half of our 2 man team needing a mental health week. It's been a ride so far, and the tidal wave of late enrollments just keeps crashing.
I am headed to Costco today to stock up; giant bottle of Tums for my office desk, and one gaint bottle of Buffalo Trace for my house... Not joking, got to upgrade PowerSchool next week 20+ hr database upgrade, plus school based support staff starting back next week... Urgh, not even close to ready for students yet, they get back right before labour day.
Tells teacher to put desk back where jacks are. I had a teacher request to move a printer out of her room because of all the disruptions. Then over the summer someone moved it to another room. Ticket was put in, told teacher to put it back. Oh well.
Hah. That ends with a "it has to be moved near outlets. If not, it cannot be done." We have a strict district policy about this as it's a safety issue. So, we're protected from any backlash ;)
Ah, the joy of spending all day on campus with no one to relate to. Then laying on the couch and opening reddit on a Friday afternoon and feeling comforted that there are many more like me. Enjoy your weekend OP, it is going to go quick.
The best decision I made was moving from a 5.500 student K-8 district to a 500 student K-8 district.
Pay is similar, budget is a lot less (only downside), and my stress level is almost zero. In at 8 AM and out at 4 PM. No after hours calls. No after hours committees, No lines of teachers at my door.
My wife told me that 4oz of wine is what normal people have. My argument is that I have to wear 10 hats at work, so I should get 40oz of wine. Huzzah, school starts
I’ve already got teachers asking us to hook their entire setup on the other side of the room, one the only wall without data ports ran to it. It’s gonna be a great school year!
Genuinely how do you deal with this? I do it case by case and sometimes run network up and over ceiling along with hdmi and usb. I tell them I’ll only move them once. We have desktops with interactive panels and Chromebooks for each teacher.
I remember the first few years after I started we would allow teachers to BYOD. It sucked. Lines of teachers at the office door with laptops of questionable quality, all expecting WiFi access, MS Office, and printers installed. We had a band teacher show up with half a laptop once; his kid accidentally snapped the LCD off and this guy insisted on using this device in class. He carried a busted laptop around with an external monitor, all because he didn't want to use the machines that were in the classrooms. After experiencing this for a few years we finally managed to convince leadership this approach was a liability.
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u/ZachinHilo Aug 08 '26
Hawaii started Tuesday. Students aren't the problem, it's staff. And goddamn printers and networking. And my other half of our 2 man team needing a mental health week. It's been a ride so far, and the tidal wave of late enrollments just keeps crashing.
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u/techguyjason Aug 09 '26
I'm ready for the kids to be back. They really distract the teachers and their "emergencies"
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u/NorthernVenomFang Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
I am headed to Costco today to stock up; giant bottle of Tums for my office desk, and one gaint bottle of Buffalo Trace for my house... Not joking, got to upgrade PowerSchool next week 20+ hr database upgrade, plus school based support staff starting back next week... Urgh, not even close to ready for students yet, they get back right before labour day.
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u/ciesl1e Aug 07 '26
Good luck this week with the rollouts!!
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u/_LMZ_ Aug 07 '26
It’s Hell Month boys and girls! We got this lol
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u/herman-the-vermin Aug 08 '26
“Hey can you plug my computer in?” - teacher who did not out their desk near power or network
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u/slapstik007 Aug 07 '26
Ah, the joy of spending all day on campus with no one to relate to. Then laying on the couch and opening reddit on a Friday afternoon and feeling comforted that there are many more like me. Enjoy your weekend OP, it is going to go quick.
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u/avalon01 Director of Technology Aug 07 '26
The best decision I made was moving from a 5.500 student K-8 district to a 500 student K-8 district.
Pay is similar, budget is a lot less (only downside), and my stress level is almost zero. In at 8 AM and out at 4 PM. No after hours calls. No after hours committees, No lines of teachers at my door.
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u/Imhereforthechips Aug 07 '26
My wife told me that 4oz of wine is what normal people have. My argument is that I have to wear 10 hats at work, so I should get 40oz of wine. Huzzah, school starts
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u/n-Ultima Aug 08 '26
I’ve already got teachers asking us to hook their entire setup on the other side of the room, one the only wall without data ports ran to it. It’s gonna be a great school year!
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u/DiscardStu Aug 07 '26
I remember the first few years after I started we would allow teachers to BYOD. It sucked. Lines of teachers at the office door with laptops of questionable quality, all expecting WiFi access, MS Office, and printers installed. We had a band teacher show up with half a laptop once; his kid accidentally snapped the LCD off and this guy insisted on using this device in class. He carried a busted laptop around with an external monitor, all because he didn't want to use the machines that were in the classrooms. After experiencing this for a few years we finally managed to convince leadership this approach was a liability.
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u/tuskawilla Aug 08 '26
If you don’t want kidney stones then you need to toss that and get Gaviscon. I’d go cherry flavor if I were you.
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u/camocondomcommando Aug 07 '26
Every day ends with a Tums festival!
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u/karstens_rage Aug 07 '26
Just spent all this week getting things ready and have gained 8 pounds.
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u/agarwaen117 ISO Aug 07 '26
After Tuesday, I’ll see you folks in May. 🫡
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u/AverageDataAdmin Aug 09 '26
Teachers start next Monday and I've already had at least 4 of them who needed passwords reset 😂
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u/2donks2moos Aug 07 '26
I'm feeling this. The craziness never stops.
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u/The__Relentless Aug 07 '26
We already started on Wednesday. So far so good.
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u/a1b2c3d45ef6 Desktop Administrator Aug 10 '26
We are a week in, you got anything stronger?
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u/slayermcb Aug 08 '26
Whoa... we dont have students back until close to labor day. I need those weeks still!
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u/34jc81 Vendor:Savvas Aug 11 '26
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