Principal Russell Retires: No More Bells

June 29, 2015
My Last Day!

June 25, 2015 became the last day that my life was 'lived by the bells'. I was principal at Forest Hill Public School for almost 7 years. Most of them good, some......let's just save that for another rambling(s).

The bells governed most of my life from the time I went to school, pursued an education in teaching and eventually becoming a principal. The bells were ever present, so much so that I didn't even bother to wear a watch, the bells guided my time and much of what I did.

I enjoyed life in education.  I never really thought I was stressed in my role when I became a school principal, despite others thinking I was. I will say, it was an extremely time consuming job and I certainly viewed that as the downside.

On that last day, I took a selfie!  A friend said, "Oh my, in that photo, it looks like you need to retire.  You look stressed."  Don't you just love the honesty from your friends? So there it is, my last day as a principal. I couldn't believe retirement had arrived, I was over the top and overjoyed about 'NO MORE BELLS'. Some fight retirment, not me, I'm so over the top excited!!!

Stressed? Really? I'll let you be the judge.