first interview + new sites!

So today I went to have my first interview at the Learning for Leadership Charter School, which is located in Northeast Minneapolis. The interview was at 7:30 this morning, and since it was about a 25 minute drive from my house I had to leave around 6:45. Where I work now, at Museum Magnet, the school day starts at 9:10, I usually get there around 8:30, and since it is a three minute drive from where I live, I roll out of bed around 8:00. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper getting up at 6:00 this morning. However, I was driving along on the freeway when I discover that the exit I'm supposed to take is CLOSED. Panicking, I called Mira, who thankfully was able to reroute me. THIS is why I need a GPS. Thank heavens for roommates that are Minneapolis natives.

I was right on time for the interview. However, the social worker that I was meeting with was not. In fact, the school was pretty much empty. I waited around for about 15 minutes, slipped a note under her office door and headed on my merry way back to St. Paul. Except that I was not so merry after getting up early and driving 25 minutes only to have to turn around and drive right back.

As it turns out, there was some miscommunication. I wrote down in my planner that we were meeting this Monday, while she had written next Monday. Who knows which one of us was right (me, obviously), but it doesn't really matter. We rescheduled for next Monday, when I get to go through the entire thing all over again.

In other news, I got an e-mail from the Minneapolis Public Schools representative from the Field Fair, telling me which schools she had matched me with for interviewing. So the two new sites added to the list of places that I will be considering:

(1) Park View Montessori is obviously a Montessori school, that is part of the MPS system. It is located in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood. It is composed of about 75% African American students and 20% Caucasian.

(2) Ramsey Fine Arts Elementary is a K-8 fine arts magnet school in South Minneapolis. The school is about 1/3 White, 1/3 Black and 1/3 Latino.

Also, have my interview set up at Wellstone for next Monday after school. Doesn't look like too much will be happening this week.