Never Too Early, 2006

Hapar, spring, 2006


Principal: Johan Shazad; Primary Teacher K-2: Jasmine Frankson; Primary Teacher 3-5: Ilila Peterson; Secondary Teacher: Jesse Kent

Secondary Students: Jack Lacksmith and Ami Wu are in 12th grade; Harriet and Henry Mendenhall are in 10th grade; Rosemarie Green and Erricson Frankson are in 8th grade; Si'Enya Warwick and Rojo Herendez are in 7th grade;


Primary Students: Elphy Mendenhall is in 6th grade; Myra Shazad, Naraj Shazad, Grace Elise Dawson, Bryant Grey, and Annie Grey are in 5th grade; Abel Wilsonoff Amanda Wilsonoff and Serendipity Herendez are in 4th grade; Rex Mendenhall is in 3rd grade; Veronika Kent and Laci McMillian are in 2nd grade; Aaron Sweeny, and Simora Sweeny are in 1st grade

Sometimes life just went rushing by, while other times life moved at a snail's pace. Thankfully, this was one of the those faster times. Johan was beyond pleased that the construction of the school was accelerating in record time and would be ready by the summer. This would give the teachers plenty of time to move into their new classrooms. He was also thankful that he found a new teacher for the primary students. Jasmine Frankson came with high recommendations. She was a hard worker and dedicated to the educational industry. So far the children seemed to love her.

She would read to them daily, sharing with them a love of storytelling.

She also directed the students in learning new skills, and made sure to keep a close eye on the Sweeny triplets...if you could still call them that.

Jasmine was particularly drawn to Simora who often retreated into her shell instead of playing with classmates. Maybe it would be good if Pastor Humphrey visited the school for some on-site counseling sessions.

Johan made a mental note to look into Jasmine's request as he wandered out to the field where the physical education class was being held. He also heard nothing but praise for Benjamin Endeavor who was teaching physical education part-time. The young man was a sophmore at the university and star basketball player. So far he was helping the newly established team with a semi-successful year. The Pierce University basketball team wasn't the league's favorites, but at least they won some of their games. Johan made a note to warn Benjamin about the flirty secondary students. He didn't want any scandals on his hands.

Not that the secondary students were scandalous. In fact, the most scandalous thing was the fact that Harriet Mendenhall cut all her hair and dyed it purple over the winter break. Oh and the fact that Si'Enya had lost a ton of weight which lead to rumors of an eating disorder.

Johan made another mental note to keep an eye on Harriet, she always seemed to be standing too close to Ericcson and the young man often looked uncomfortable. Johan wouldn't tolerate bullying, aggressive or passive bullying.

He peeked into the other primary class and smiled as the class lead a discussion on the importance of traditions. Ilila Peterson also made sure to challenge her students and Johan liked that about the woman. She was a tough teacher and nothing got by her at all. She would make a good principal one day.

On his way to his office, Johan glanced into the small art room where Antonio was leading a small class. Thankfully the new school had a much larger art room. Thinking about the new school, Johan knew that he had a lot of work ahead of him. With the new census in his hand and insights about the growing population, Johan needed to start making plans to seperate the two groups of students into two schools. Two schools to govern would possibly mean the need for another secondary teacher and of course the purchase of more land and the construction of another school. That wasn't anytime soon, maybe simyear 2008 at the earliest, but it was never too early to start planning.