The end of an era...

The principal of the kids primary school left today...retiring after 14 years in the job...she opened the school and has built it into a wonderful place...but she feels like it is time to move on....health issues, a tumor in the spine, is one of the main reasons....she's had a couple of ops and I think they've taken their toll, plus like any other person in the teaching profession ...the job takes it's toll.....she's a wonderful woman and the kids and most parents adore her....she has such spirit and does an amazing job at sex ed talks...(which will be sorely missed...personally we think she needs to be employed in future years just for those talks)...and things will never be quite the same...though the new principal (deputy until then) is a great guy and has the same sort of views and the actual spirit and the feel of the school shouldn't change...at least I hope it doesn't as I have two more to finish their education there ....2DD(soon to be 12) finishes this year and heads to high school but DS(9) and YDD(5) still have a few years to go....
The assembly today...a farewell assembly....was very emotional with kids doing songs and dances, speeches and poems, and I have to say I shed a few tears....like many of the other mothers around me...and I can only hope that the positive influence that JM had will carry my kids all the way through the rest of their schooling and even further into the future
JM I salute you and thank you for the last nine years.....what a great start my kids had in their schooling life