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Confessions of a Principal Mother Round II

Life over the last six months has been a wonderful, beautiful, crazy, awesome segment of time in my professional and personal life.  I took on the role as principal of an elementary school in a brand new town being built in Babcock Ranch.  This role was 100% unexpected.  I have always desired to be an elementary principal, but I always LOVED serving at the high school level.  I believe my own struggles in high school (family loss on many levels from our farm to the divorce of my parents) stirred a fire in my own heart to provide support to others students who were battling their struggles while striving or struggling to meet the demands of the academic curriculum.  I often wonder how I have ended up where I am today. The truth...many good people have taken the time to invest in me over the years.  I could write lists of people who filled the gap while our family experienced varying levels of trials over the years.  Growing up I remember only a few tim...