Teaching Trust  Dr. Jesse Ross’s shoes seemed to find more echo
than usual in the empty middle school hallway as she made her
way back to her science lab. I’ve never seen it this quiet after
school, she realized, with all the clubs, sports and assorted
meetings, it was usually bustling till after 5pm. But today was
the last day before spring break and, without any scheduled
activities, every student, teacher and administrator had raced
off as soon as the last bell rang. Jesse assumed the janitorial
staff was still around somewhere, but they were nowhere to be
seen. It’s rather unsettlingly deserted, she thought, as she
hurried down the hall. Jesse would’ve been gone soon after that
last bell herself, if she hadn’t forgotten her keys back in the
classroom. She’d had a meeting last period with the vice
principal for the eighth grade, giving an update on students who
were at risk of failing. Jesse was only worried about two.
Brian, who had missed a lot of school due to health issues, was
sure to catch up, but th