Day 1 of New Placement

The new school is a much newer, better equipped building than I was prepared for.
The environment is much less regulated in some ways, but a lot more regulated in others.
The morning began with a daily dress-code check- all students stand and demonstrate that their shirt is tucked in and they are wearing a belt, etc. Many students simply tie a shoelace around their waist for whatever reason. Students are not allowed to carry anything but those dumb single pouch vinyl bags that are on strings. Athletic wear manufacturers design bags especially to sell to this market.
But then the kids are allowed to live on a diet of Vault and Cheetos, and the hallway is a deafening game of slap and tickle. It was St. Patrick's Day...ok it was to them, but nobody told them that the pope moved it to last Saturday. Try telling a middler schooler that when they are trying to pinch you. I only had one do it, I think he was the only one who was too dumb to understand my pinch-me-and-i-will-break-your-fingers posture.
Math seems like it will be easy to teach, it's so cut and dry. I've really never taught anything like that, so I hope that the new coop teacher has more material on file than it looks like she does. She says I can do anything I want with them after the TCAP... and thats just what I was hoping to hear.