Flu, Blizzards, and...a Power Outage!

To say that it has been an interesting school year would be an understatement! We have actually had an outstanding school year, with several "curveballs" thrown at us from outside the campus: the flu in October, the blizzards in February, and...a power outage last Thursday! Yes, at approximately 12:30 P.M. on May 6, the power went out on campus. Fortunately, the weather was very favorable: a bright, sunny day which gave us ample light in many classrooms and allowed us to play outside comfortably. The teachers and students took the power outage in stride. Everyone was extremely flexible and cooperative! We started an optional early dismissal at 1:15 PM, and approximately half of the students had been picked up by 2:45 P.M. We started getting nervous about Friday's classes, however, because BGE kept moving back the estimated repair time. It turns out a special BGE team was needed to repair a damaged underground cable (off campus). Our friends at BGE came through and we had power again at 2:45 A.M. on Friday morning, giving us ample time to be ready for the start of school on Friday. I greatly appreciate BGE's diligence and the teamwork of the faculty, staff, students, and parents. The outage was a rare event, indeed: Mr. Coady, who has been teaching at Calvert since 1968, told me he cannot remember a similar outage during his 42 year career!