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Monday, August 19, 2019
School begins
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a Howe Bulldogs varsity football players welcomed students from their cars to the building at both Summit Hill Elementary and Howe Intermediate campuses. the next day we decided that we had to move them another way to help the flow," said Doty. The students who had come from the previous elementary location (now the intermediate school campus) were impressed by the height of the building coming from a location where the ceilings are much shorter. "That building is tall to them, but then you come in here and it's gigantic," said Doty. The first day of school is often much harder for the parents of young students than it is for the actual students themselves.
"We want them to look up to these kids. But I want those boys and girls to be right and make a good example," said Doty. There are a few things that still need to be completed with the school as the construction superintendent is still on-site. On Friday, one of the air conditioning units malfunctioned and one of the classrooms was at 75 degrees which forced Doty to call and get the crew to fix it. "There again, it's a learning curve. Over there (intermediate campus) we're used to just going over there and hitting a button," said Doty.
All the classrooms are accounted for apart from one room that is empty. "Sometimes it's hard when you're With 100 kindergarten students and a mommy and daddy to have to more coming each day, it's only a stop at the drop off spot and watch matter of time before it's is full. your kid walk down that sidewalk," said Doty. "It's "It is a beautiful building, but I'm heartbreaking. Especially if they not going to lie. Last week at this don't turn around and wave. But time, I was ready for the kiddos," that's what we want them to be. said Doty. "I like the kiddos more We want them to be independent than the grown-ups. And this kiddos." building needed that. Because the kiddos don't see that this or that isn't Doty says the addition of the working. They come in here and Bulldogs and cheerleaders plays a love our teachers and we need that. big role because it gives the They see a beautiful building just students a sense of a goal of one like we do. But they don't see the day wearing the black and white flaws. and being a Howe Bulldog.
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