Soon after I posted about checking the status of the school pool earlier this afternoon, I saw one of our Asst. AD’s around, and I asked him about access to the pool.
He said that it should be free in the mornings for the next week or so (probably until the 1st full week of March)—then it gets busy for Girls’ water polo (I believe). He also said I can check with security about being able to be let in (my faculty key wouldn’t be enough to get in). He also said I can email him to get a copy of the pool availability schedule, so I could carve out time when I wouldn’t be fighting a team for access. I asked one of my students (a female swimmer) if it is heated—she said yes, for competitions.
Running Club meets tomorrow—have my track bag packed full of goodness, ready to go.
Our school sponsors at least one international trip each year—on our video announcements this AM, I saw an ad for a trip to Spain. I asked around to see who to contact, and I emailed a colleague about chaperoning the trip—which is about a year from now, in 2020. (I would imagine that whatever happens between W and I would hopefully be resolved by then, one way or another.) My colleague appreciated my interest, but said she does not have a chaperone opening yet—her department gets priority, and a number of people are already interested. However, after school, when I was meeting with a student to ask her questions in advance of writing her a letter of recommendation, my colleague in charge of the Spain trip came by my classroom and talked to me briefly in person—once again thanking me for my interest. I told her that I understood and that I get it, but she and I both agreed that if something changed on her end and an opening came up, I would be interested and I would love it if she could keep me in mind. Spain would be very interesting—I’ve been to France and Germany, but it was almost 15 years ago.
L Update: I’ve been attempting to get in touch with L for the last week-and-a-half to ask her some questions and give her some updates on my sitch. I finally broke through with her legal assistant today, and essentially L wants me to put her on retainer so I can have easier access to her (I kinda figured that would end up being the case). The good news? Her original retainer quote for me was $5K, but her legal assistant in her email to me this afternoon said that the retainer can be set at $1500, and we can go from there, and if I’m interested, she can send over the retainer agreement. I emailed back tonight and said that sounds good, please send over the paperwork and I can get that started. L is not cheap—her rate is $500 / hour, but at this point she probably anticipates mostly emails, and a phone call every now and then—I get the impression that she thinks things won’t get too heated anytime soon, and I hopefully won’t need anything too heavy or intensive from her anytime soon. (Of course I could be proven wrong! And sooner than I’d like on this one!) But I’d say this is a good start, and hopefully this can give me some peace of mind, in the event that W starts ratcheting things up in the near future.
