Ione's Dilemma: Dorado, Texas Book 6 (Grandma's Wedding Quilt 8) by Carroll-Bradd Linda & Quilts Grandma's Wedding & Americana Sweet

Author:Carroll-Bradd, Linda & Quilts, Grandma's Wedding & Americana, Sweet [Carroll-Bradd, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Inked Figments
Published: 2017-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Monday morning, Ione flitted from one task to another in the classroom. First, she opened windows for a cross breeze, then she worried the air was too cool and might cause a chill. So she closed them again. She’d skipped breakfast in order to open the room early and make her final preparations. The shopping trip to Kerrville fleshed out the supplies a bit more, but the shelves were not as filled as she would like. More of the desks held slates. Hopefully, children would bring books from home, and the reading portion of her day would be handled.

On Saturday night, she skipped the musical activities in the boardinghouse parlor, telling herself she needed to focus on her lesson plans. When really, she was a coward and didn’t know how she could look Morgan Shipley in the eyes again after the encounter at his private club.

Every time she’d sat at the small table to write out a schedule of when to present what subject, she’d get distracted by the memory of Morgan swinging on the rings and the fluid movement of his masculine body.

Her mind drifted to those athletic performances. The cry of a bird outside jerked her to the present, and she looked down to see her fingers caressing the back of a desk chair. Ach. She whirled and dashed back to her desk to snatch up the schedule for a final review.

8:00 o’clock—Greeting, Patriotic Song, Roll-call

8:15 o’clock—Penmanship

8:30 o’clock—Arithmetic

9:00 o’clock—Oral Reading

9:45 o’clock—Break

10:00 o’clock—Geography

11:00 o’clock—Music and Singing

11:30 o’clock—Lunch and Recess

12:15 o’clock—Storytelling (Teacher Reads)

12:30 o’clock—Recitation

1:00 o’clock—Grammar

2:00 o’clock—Inside Exercises

2:15 o’clock—History

3:00 o’clock—Art

3:30 o’clock—Dismissal

She’d debated about breaking the day at noon, but reasoned thirty minutes earlier would be easier for the children traveling the longest distance to the school. She hoped some parents wouldn’t think having indoor exercises to be a strange choice. Her college courses had emphasized the need for physical activity to round out a child’s education.

Equipment. She jerked upright and shot her gaze around the room. In her cleaning endeavors, she hadn’t uncovered any hoops or balls or ropes. Her hands clenched in frustration. The professional conduct course said that teachers would have an interview with the superintendent, who would provide an inventory of the supplies. In that way, the teacher would be aided in her preparation of a well-balanced schedule. Tonight, she would find out the name of the school official and write a letter, asking for more specifics about a budget, testing, and supplies.

A glance at the pendulum clock displayed seven fifty-five. Ione gave a last tucking of her blouse into the waistband of her skirt and patted her upswept hair to be sure no tendrils had loosened from the pins. Then she walked down the middle aisle to the entrance and pulled the rope to ring the school bell. The resistance was stronger than she expected, and a stuttered, three-note clanging made her imagine the call sounded like Come to School, Come to School.

Although her stomach tumbled in anticipation, she stood at the top of the stairs and waited for the students to appear.

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