Busy Morning

[revena]

I woke up a little earlier than I had planned to, this morning, because some of the kids from the charter school next door were sitting in the alley across from my house and shouting at each other. I put on my robe, stepped out onto the porch, said something cranky, and then went to take my shower. While I was in the shower, I pondered Action.

Because, you know, I don't think this noisy kid situation is gonna get better on its own. Yesterday morning, they weren't content to sit across from my porch - they were on my porch. And you'd better believe I yelled at them, then. So the fact that they were back, and only five feet away from where they'd been before, doing the same noisy things...

So after I got dressed, I walked over, and had a chat with the co-director of the school. I pointed out to him that there are some liability issues - these kids run into traffic, guys. They are completely unsupervised in the mornings and afternoons - and some noise issues, and suggested that having an adult from the school standing around outside during the non-school times when the kids congregate would probably be enough to curtail the bad behaviors. I don't think the kids themselves are bad kids - they're just doing what preteens do when no one's keeping an eye on them.

After my chat with the co-director, I went in to work, only about an hour late!

And immediately got a call from the guy who is installing new windows, back at home, asking if I could come and let him in.

I wonder if I'm gonna get anything done at my actual job today?

Comments

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

How'd the chat with the co-director go? There's a high school right across from my building, and the police just have patrol cars lined up the street there during all the hours when students are coming or going. And they still sit on my building's porch and scream across the street! I'm not sure why the police are there, actually.

[revena.livejournal.com]

He made that polite, concerned face that people make when they might be planning to do something about a problem, and might be planning to continue doing nothing.

We'll see. If nothing changes, I'll probably start just calling the cops. I suspect it'd take just a couple run-ins with police officers getting reported back to parents by their children before the school has more calls demanding adult supervision than they can afford to ignore. But perhaps it won't come to that!