Locks on lockers are not to prevent the administration from accessing a student's locker, they are there to stop other kids from doing so. Banning locks, or not providing locks is just begging for trouble.

Exactly. At my high school, the school gave us locks at the beginning of the year, and we'd get in trouble if we put on any additional locks. That started around my sophomore or junior year; when we started high school, the rule was that the lockers were school property and therefore we couldn't do anything to damage them, but whatever we put in the lockers was private.

Locks on lockers are not to prevent the administration from accessing a student's locker, they are there to stop other kids from doing so.

Oh, I know. So the only thing I can imagine is...

Don't they get theft and vandalism and petty bullying and other shit going on?

I have to guess not. Middle school students don't get any lockers at all, so maybe students are just expected to carry things with them to all their classes? Depending on how heavy the books are, I suppose that's feasible, but it makes me wonder about winter coats. Yeah, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it myself. This doesn't seem to be a new policy, so I guess I'm just not seeing the gestalt. Possibly the weltschmerz. I get confused.

It's actually not a private school, but a charter school -- with a 100% pass rate on the 10th grade MCAS for the past two years. 11 schools out of more than 300 in Massachusetts can say that. This place is hardcore.

But they do have an RPG club and a Knitting and Crocheting club, so that's something.

RPG club

I'm guessing this isn't Rocket Propelled Grenade?

Sounds like the school is trying to be cheap-assed, and covering for it with a pseudo-security reasoning.

Supplying a lock to every locker, ones that open to a master key, gets to be pricey. Having student supplied locks would be nearly unworkable.

But they do have an RPG club and a Knitting and Crocheting club, so that's something.

Any place with their own Stitch n' Bitch should be highly respected.

Sounds like the school is trying to be cheap-assed, and covering for it with a pseudo-security reasoning.

This is not the vibe I'm getting. I'm getting more of a "We don't want you using lockers at all, but if you do don't keep anything important there" vibe. I don't know -- if I actually get to the point of going in there, I'll see if it makes more sense.

Okay, this is weird. It looks like the schedule for high school is everyone has math from 8:25 to 9:20 in the morning. And that's it for math for the day. Wha-huh? That doesn't make sense -- especially since this posting wanted someone to teach three math classes.

This is what I get for trying to figure out the school based on a Web page, I suppose. Anyway, anyone have any suggestions?

(Role playing games, Steph.)

Okay, it looks like it's got 380 students -- which is larger than my college, but covers 8 grades. So not that big, actually.

Emily, I'd simply call and make sure she knows you're the person recommended by your professor, and let her take it from there. If she asks why you'd like to teach there, be honest -- it sounds like an interesting atmosphere, the school's performance is really impressive, what have you. If she's willing to talk to you *knowing* you haven't taught yet, I'm willing to bet it isn't something she's going to grill you about.

I don't get the scheduling, either, though. That can't be right. You'd only have a chance to teach one class a day that way, yes?

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Also: I should be doing laundry and packing for my trip (leave for Denver tomorrow afternoon, have to go to work in the morning), and ideally, would be CLEANING (because my apartment is a PIT), but...I don't WANNA! Can't magic fairies come and pack my luggage while I read a book and go to bed early?