Life After Sandy

Today all New York City teachers were asked to report to work to prepare for the return of students on Monday.  Part of my school's task for today was to call families to schedule parent teacher conferences, as well as check in to see how they weathered the storm.  As I began making phone calls I suddenly felt nervous.  I had no idea what our families may have gone through over the past few days and I was anxious to get in touch with them.  All of the families that I spoke to were fine, but a few were without heat and power.  They were all very glad to hear from teachers at the school, and it was obvious that some really appreciated having someone to talk to about what the past few days had been like.  Our day ended at 3 and we still hadn't gotten in touch with all of the families.  I can't help but wonder how everyone is doing, and really hope that the students are able to get to school safely on Monday.