Misc. news

Yesterday the children asked if they could have a "día de colores." Normally they wear a uniform to school, as do all school children here. Ours is a blue shirt and khaki pants. A "día de colores is a dress-up day, where no one has to wear a uniform. We agreed to have one next week. It's a good time to take some pictures, and I'll be sure to post some here. Stay tuned.

We have been offered two classrooms in an area local to about a third of our students. If we can get at least one teacher set up over there, we'll transfer the local students who want to go, and we can enter the students on our waiting list here.

There is a national strike for higher wages and lower prices set for Tuesday Oct. 2. We never know if the strike will actually happen until very close to the appointed time. Sometimes the government manages to avert a strike with last minute negotiations. Strike days are no-school days.