"Cannot wait until......."

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... "When will this end?" (my local board had to politely refuse to assign middle school officials in two major city school systems due to our lack of available afternoon officials, so these two cites postponed their middle school games until later in the season, just starting last week and scheduling through March 10, 2022, about month later than normal).

Not soon enough.

After having four days in a row off (felt like a vacation), I'm getting middle school assignments for those two school systems, as expected.

Weird. Assignments in one school system are late afternoon assignments, as late as 4:30 p.m. Connecticut middle schools usually start games at 3:30 p.m. Why? This school system is experiencing a bus driver shortage due to COVID (I'm sure that there are other reasons). Bus drivers normally make three "runs" every morning and afternoon. In the afternoon high school students go home first, middle school students second, and finally elementary school students. All middle school games in this school system are intra-school system (five middle school teams, boys and girls each) games, so four gendered teams need buses on game days. Basketball teams are a low priority and can't be transported until the elementary school students are bused home.

Good news, these games are not doubleheaders.