From the Sunny Side: Mama Patrick

I recently had the opportunity to attend a banquet honoring those important school workers who work “behind the scenes” as what is referred to now as “School Related Employees.” Although school teachers and administrators are much more in the “spotlight” where schools are concerned, these folks are the ones who often keep a school going. Many years ago, I was actually a school teacher. I taught music at my old Alma Mater of Taylor County High School back in the late 1980s. I remember a mentor, who was also my old high school band director, told me there were two groups of people with whom I needed to form a close bond. One was the janitorial staff and the other was the the schoo