u/silkentab

Just started watching and have some questions;

-what's the most expensive food ever featured on the show?

-what's the furthest traveled food ever featured on the show?

-who had the biggest and smallest meals?

Can anyone tell me what the district does for its GT students? Are there special classes or differentiation ? Pullout time? Different opportunities to compete in academic competitions or attend special camps/programs? How strong are the honors and AP classes for middle and high schoolers? Or is it up to parents to supplement at home?

Pflugerville ISD needs a Pre-K only campus. I know it's a pipe dream but if we ever got the money....

It could:
-host the district staff daycare center so they could have more room and take more infants and toddlers and not have to operate out of a small portable.

-this focused campus could help lighten the waitlists for all 3 classes (pre-K 3, 4, & ECSE) district wide. Pre-K classes would still be offered at each campus in their normal capacities.

-Have its own EDP program as it could be full elementary day hours 7:35-2:45

-For younger siblings of elementary aged students there could be buses to get them to/from the ECE only campus

-It would be designed for them so developmental appropriate materials and everything is at their size and level

-the teachers and staff could get relevant trainings more frequently than just their PLC meetings since it would be fully tailored to their age group.

-it could be a great recruiting tool for new families looking to switch from daycare and Parent's Day Out programs as a stepping stone of sorts before full elementary school.

-it might help draw families away from some of the charter schools who also often offer full day pre-K 3 & 4.

Austin ISD, Leander ISD, Waco ISD, Copperas Cove ISD, Belton ISD, Northwest ISD all have dedicated Pre-K campuses for example, add PfISD to the list!

I'rewatching the original king of the hill series and the episode "Peggy Horror Picture Show" where she befriends a very nice drag queen. They go to lunch and Peggy eats a chicken curry sandwich, I looked it up and it sounds delicious! Is there anywhere in town that has one to try?

Also was the magic pan a nod to a a real restaurant or made up for the show?

Does anyone know the hours of the new splash pad at Fritz Park and how much longer it'll be running for the season?

What if there was another task based around an idiom?

"Take candy from this baby"

"Carry all your eggs in this basket"(then a weird basket issue)

"Make a blessing in disguise"

"Burn a bridge"

"Make a hurly-burly"

I don't know any UK/AUS/NZ/etc idioms but hopefully y'all get the idea.

Doable or too weird?

I will be leaving my center soon, I've given my notice to admin, but I'm not sure when to tell my coworkers, especially my co-teacher. Part of me doesn't want to say anything, and just slip away after my last day, but part of me doesn't since my center is now down 7 people in 3 months and I'll make 8. I'm thinking of writing out the whole fall semester lesson plans (my co-teacher and I spilt prep) as a parting gift of sorts.

Also when/how do I tell my families? I don't think admin generally says/does anything when people have left (that I've heard, they often say "turnover is part of ECE" which hurts a little)

I know I don't want any going away stuff (no flowers/cards/etc)

and done rambling for now!

I'm considering taking a job with licensing as an inspector. Would the fact that I'm just about to leave the classroom be an asset or a risk? I know what a great program looks like, what an okay program one looks like, and I've heard stories of what bad ones look like. Has anyone else worked for licensing (in particular TX)?

Whose programs has a garden/outdoor space separate from your playground? My center has one with 4 raised boxes, an adult size picnic table and a whole lot of weeds. Each of the older classes is supposed to have a box to grow and tend to plants but no one really does since our only staff member with gardening abilities left. It's very sad looking and I feel bad when we have tours come through.

If your program has a garden who is in charge of it? How do you keep it up? What do you have in there? I feel like if we got it going and added some more things it could be a really fun and special space.

Bonus points if you're in Texas/ the south and have to deal with heat and drought.