My Single Mom Life

Sebastian went to his first day of school today, and things didn't go quite so well.
The school isn't totally finished being built, the bells aren't set to the new schedule, the cafeteria workers are still using the old lunch schedule so things at lunch didn't go right.
They also enrolled 1,600 new students this year, so yeah, total craziness.

During lunch because of the mix-up with the schedule, a lot of students didn't even get to the cafeteria at the right time, so they didn't get to eat lunch today, and Sebastian was one of those students.
He had just gotten his lunch tray along with about 15 other kids, when 2 security guards walked over to them, told them lunch was over, took their full of food lunch trays, and dumped them in the garbage, then slammed their trays into the kids hands and told them to put the trays away and get to their next class.

Sebastian was not happy when he came home.
Not at all.
He hadn't eaten so he was starving, he was hot and thirsty from the walk home in 90 degree temps, and he said all of the teachers were in a wicked bad mood because they now have rules for what they can and can't do in their classrooms, so they took their anger out on the students.
In order for a student to use the bathroom, they have to ask the teacher if they can go and they have to have a hall pass.
If a teacher does not see or ignores their raised hand, they can't go to the bathroom at all.
If they hold it and wait until the bell rings, security guards follow them into the bathroom and give them about 30 seconds to do their business and get out.
Sebastian's friend Steven told him that a security guard stood in the bathroom and was yelling out a countdown.
He said the guard started counting at 30 and was making his way down, and he told Steven that if he got to #1 and Steven was not done and heading out the door, that when he did finish, he would be escorted to the office and given detention.
For taking longer than 30 seconds to pee.

Here's where I have a huge problem and I plan on calling the school to find out if this first day of school rumor is true.
When the school is completely finished being built, should only be about 2 more weeks, the main entrance doors, and all other exit doors, will automatically lock at the second bell once all students are in the building and in first period class at 7:30am.
The doors will be locked from 7:30am until school ends at 2:15pm.
The only door that parents or any visitors will be able to enter will be the main entrance, and they will be buzzed in.

A teacher who is not ok with the school being locked, told her students this today during class.
She was going over all of the rules that the students have to follow, and all of the rules that teachers have to follow.
Teachers will no longer be able to have any drinks at the their desk, no coffee, no water bottles, no food or snacks like granola bars or anything.
They will also not be allowed to have any personal items at their desks or in the rooms, no pictures of their families on their desks, no little knickknacks like a porcelain apple that the teacher was given as a gift last year, nothing.

The building basically looks like a prison, the windows are all small and thin, you can barely see out of them, and now with it being in lock down (unsubstantiated rumor for now) all day once the construction is complete, it will be just like being in prison.
I plan on calling the school and speaking to the principal who already dislikes me, and I am going to ask her if the lock down rumor is true.
If it is true, I will be calling the fire department to ask if they can legally do that.
None of the doors will be able to be opened from the inside or out during school hours, and if there's a fire or other emergency, the students as well as teachers, will be trapped inside until the principal or security staff hits the door lock override button.
This could be a very dangerous thing if there's any kind of emergency like a fire and the students can't get out.
I understand the principal wanting to make sure that students don't get in or out when they aren't supposed to, and making sure that strangers can't just walk into the school and do whatever they want, but if there's any kind of emergency, the students could be in danger.
The whole lock down thing makes me very nervous, I really hope that teacher is wrong about it, but if it's true, I really don't think it's legal for safety reasons, ya know?

Anyway, that was his first day, not a good one, not a great way to start the new school year, I'm hopeful that it gets better and that they sort out the cafeteria schedule so that students can eat when they are supposed to, not come home starving every day.
But just to make sure that he gets to eat, we've packed him a lunch for tomorrow.
He has a lunch bag and in it, a small bag of chips, a can of Mountain Dew, a package of chocolate pop-tarts, and in the morning before he leaves, (so it doesn't get all soggy and yucky) a ham sandwich, and an ice pack to keep the soda and ham cold.
I'm going to make him a lunch everyday until he tells me that they have the schedule all figured out and fixed.

He came home with a ton of "mommy papers" for me to sign, and his supply lists for his classes.
Yay! No laptop needed. W00t!