Locked Out

This is a story all about how I once got locked out of school... before school had even begun.

I try to arrive at schools early that way I have time to talk to the secretaries, sign in, figure out attendance, where to meet my class, and what we'll be doing that day, etc.  Ideally it would be about 15 minutes prior to school starting.  So you would think the school would be a bustling place already with most teachers all ready there, secretaries, educational assistance, admin, and custodial staff.  But what happens when it's a colony school?

Out of the 2 colony schools that I go to one has a secretary, they each have 1 educational assistant, and about 3 teaching staff, no custodial staff.

On this particular day it was raining (of course) so I gather my stuff and get to the door only to discover it's locked... I knocked but I didn't think anyone would likely hear and as far as I can tell there is nothing more I can do... so I scamper on back to my car where it's warmer and dryer.

Luckily, I knew someone else had to be there as there was a car in the parking lot.  I also just so happened to have the principals phone number (because he contacts me on occasion to come in and sub for him).  So I sent him a quick text saying I was there and there was a car in the lot so someone was in the school but likely couldn't hear me.  About 1 minute later I see him by the door.

Apparently he had a lot to carry in that morning and after carrying it all back to his classroom forgot to come back to the door to unlock it.  Whoops!

Surprisingly, this isn't the first time this happened.  Once I left a school during the lunch hour only to find that when I returned all the front doors were locked.  I knew they weren't in a lock down or anything as I could hear the children playing in the school yard behind the school.  I also wasn't the only one locked out as there were some kids just arriving with their parents.  Eventually I decided to walk around to the back and quickly got in through one of the back doors.  Why the front doors were locked I never found out.  My guess is their secretary takes their lunch at the same time as the rest of the staff and so the front doors aren't monitored as well as they are in the morning and throughout the day.