I realized in all my chaos I forgot to tell you all how my students did.
I had 26 start in preliminaries.
12 passed to finals:
- 4 are non-winners
- 4 are alternates (so they could be called if a spot opens)
- 4 are winners!
For someone who likes even numbers and order this bodes well with me. 🙂
I’m still putting out fires today from teachers getting the wrong results and disgruntled parents not happy with the results, etc. But I figure by tomorrow things will finally be settled down. At least everyone I’ve talked with today has been very pleasant.
In other news–it’s quite beautiful outside today. Which is nice since it’s officially the first day of Spring! Whooo hooo! Tim isn’t clinging to the hope that he’ll be able to start on April 1st like normal though… at this point there is still quite a bit of snow to get melted and then the ground has to thaw. But it’s nice to be able to walk to the mailbox without needing boots and mittens and a hat! 😉
how often do alternates get to fill a slot?
It depends on the level and the weekends–but most years about 50 – 70 alternates are called.