Who Makes a School Run Well? Part Three: Cafeteria Workers

Posted on October 17, 2006 by

If you have been reading my blog series about who helps make a school run, you will have previously read about school custodians and administrative assistants. Today, I want to write about another great group of people who really do help make a school run well: Cafeteria workers. Seriously, what would a school do without those wonderful people who feed our children? I am assuming that students of all ages would starve without them! Let’s talk about all that cafeteria workers do for schools. First, school cafeteria workers come to work insanely early in the morning to start preparing breakfast … Continue reading →

Who Helps a School Run Well? Part Two: The Administrative Assistants

Posted on October 12, 2006 by

I want to give a big thanks to anyone who works as a school secretary, or administrative assistant as they are often referred to as today. Another thankless job that help make schools run well. Yesterday, I wrote of my appreciation of school maintenance workers, today it is those wonderful school secretaries! School secretaries not only act as a liaison between the principal and people such as parents, students and other staff members, but they are often bogged down with more work than you can imagine. Administrative assistants do the books, crunch the numbers, collect the money, mail out anything … Continue reading →