"I don't have a desk," she explained. "My desk was damaged during the move out and the replacement hasn't arrived yet."
What Spinnati saw during her hallway strolls took away any anxiety she might have had over opening the school year with her staff having only 1 1/2 work days to get their rooms ready for the influx of 700 students on Wednesday.
"Our staff and students were just amazing," she said. "I was extremely pleased with the freshmen who did not get an orientation because of the construction. They didn't have any problems."
It was touch and go for some teachers to get their rooms ready by Wednesday morning, especially art teachers Amy Hauserman and Stacy Gibbons who had more material than most to put away.
New Richmond High School art teacher Stacy Gibbons reacts to the dozens of boxes of art supplies that had to be put away less than 18 hours before her students arrived for the first day of school.
This was the scene in Stacy Gibbons' art room on Wednesday.
Amy Hauserman works Tuesday afternoon to get her art room ready by 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Amy Hauserman's classroom on Wednesday.
