Classroom setup

Thursday, we finally got to Marshall.

Most of us arrived at school early at 8 to meet up with Marty and transport our materials to the school. I think all of us were really feeling pretty good about what was about to happen that day so we were pretty optimistic. After loading everything into our cars, we were off to Bayview. Though some of us got lost, we all made it to the school on time though were so illegally parked in the tiny staff parking lot that it was not even funny.

Linda, the principal's secretary greeted us warmly in the administrative office. After chatting her up a bit, we made it into the room that we're going to be working in. We weren't really quite sure what to expect seeing as the only things we had heard about it were that it was an old wood shop that may or may not have working equipment. I had hoped for the best and fortunately, the best is pretty much what we ended up with!

The place was a bit dusty, the bandsaw was fried and the electrical plugs weren't all working, but for the most part, it was perfect. It was huge, had ample tables for workspace, lots of storage, and the best part is that it had an amazing view of the city. I felt like IDO finally had a place to call home.

We worked for a few hours unpacking all of the great new tools and supplies that Joe's family had so graciously helped us to acquire. Daniel figured out how to get the bandsaw up and running again which was such a huge help. Gigi helped level all the tables while the rest of us labeled and organized and Seth grabbed us coffee! (Thanks again Seth) Though we were really productive, we were also having a lot of laughs and fun with each other as a team which I think was the most important part of the whole setup experience.

Unfortunately we realized that the Monday we were supposed to start on was Columbus day, so turns out we will have to start on Wednesday, October 10th. Though this already sort of throws our schedule off a few days, i'm sure we'll be fine.