devestation
Well, this post is good news/bad news/pray for miracle post. No, I'm not losing my job, and no, the school isn't going away. But some changes have to be made that are really, really sucky.
Tuesday at faculty meeting, our headmaster wasn't there. The meeting was instead led by the grammar school principle. At the board meeting on Monday night, the board made a very difficult decision. Because of difficult finances the last few years--difficulty caused by the fact that the high school (9-12) doesn't have enough students to support itself--the board has decided to close the high school beginning next year. While I know that this is akin to soldiers regrouping for a later assault, it is. . .well, I'm tired of losing people. I'm tired of having my high schoolers taken away from me by decisions out of my hands. Sigh. I do see the advantages of staying K-8 for awhile. Frankly, I think the school overextended itself by starting the high school too soon into its life, anyway. But. I love these kids. And I think this school is phenomenal. And I hate seeing this happen--my high school kids having to go somewhere else. And over and beyond this, (also the result of finances) we are also losing our headmaster. This is the most awful of all. Our headmaster is one of the nicest, most wonderful men I have ever met. He and his family are part of the heart and soul of this school. He has an amazing vision for the school and what it needs to be and become. Frankly, I can't imagine what the school will be like without him, as if losing the high school wasn't enough.
The good news in this is that the K-8th isn't in danger. Being basically self-supporting, it can strengthen and grow in the next few years--and maybe the high school is only on a temporary break. The prayer in this is for a miracle. Not just that we would gain an influx of high school students--enough to prevent the changes here, but also that God might provide finances--enough to stabilize the high school, maybe even enough to stabilize the entire school, for several years. I don't know where that kind of money could come from, but I'm not willing to stop praying, yet. God can make anything happen--that is something He has taught me in the last couple of years. I believe in this school the way it is now, and though regrouping isn't necessarily a bad thing, I hate to see it happen here as it means loss. And that loss is just so painful. Please pray for my school--for God's will, certainly, but for intercession, please. Please. And feel free to spread the word--about the school, about the request.
Here's the school's website:Baton Rouge Christian Classical School