I want closure, that’s what the Americans say isn't it? Well today I had closure of some sort. The School officially closed today.
It was sad. There was a lot of high emotion. We had a guest speaker fo the last assembly. Trinny Woodall who is apparently famous for something. She gave a good speech and the girls were thrilled. The Head Girl gave a great closing speech and even got a standing ovation.
And then someone went and ruined it. A governor, who thought it was a good idea to explain the reasons why the place was closing and try to suggest it wasn’t their fault. He even said "Don't blame the governors.. please". That did NOT go down well with parents or staff. And we are constantly being told that the Governors are working for the best interest of the staff but they wont go out of their way to help us with our ex gratia payments. (I was going to blog about that yesterday but I didn’t have time- I was Furious yesterday, must blog about that later)
And something else quite annoyed me today. I got a bottle of wine from a member of my form, which was nice. I left it in the hall and then got called away in all sorts of meetings (including another consultation meeting- but as I say, more of that later) and when I went back for it I learned that a group of kids had stolen it! I would have thought that today of all days all pupils would realise the importance of gifts. But no, Selfish to the core some of them!

Anyway. It's goodbye to the staff. We are all going our seperate ways. Some have jobs some don't, but we've all got different paths to tread now. So this is for you

NEVER FORGET

Been on this path of life for so long, Feel I've walked a thousand miles
Sometimes strolled hand in hand with love, Everybody's been there
With danger on my mind I would stand on the line of hope, I knew I could make it
Once I knew the boundaries I looked into the clouds and saw,
My face in the moonlight
Just then I realised what a fool I could be
Just cause I look so high I don't have to see me
Finding a paradise wasn't easy but still
There's a road going down the other side of this hill

Never forget where you've come here from
Never pretend that it's all real
Someday soon this will be someone else's dream