Like every new job or assignment, there comes some nervous energy and excitement! Starting a completely different role added some feelings of “what did I get myself into?” My first week on the job was during Husky Days. Students would come in daily by their class. Monday’- Seniors; Tuesday – Juniors; Wednesday – Sophomore’s; Thursday – Freshmen. As you can image – each day the number of students and parents increased significantly. Students were busy with getting their schedules, paying any fees, getting their parking spots (for those that drive) or getting their bus route assignments and their student ID’s. Just a reminder that the school student enrollment was about 3900 students and about 1200 of them were freshman! Thursday was a zoo with students and parents/family (and of course staff).
My uniforms were waiting for me! I had my space in the office. My supervisor did initial training on the administrative aspects of the job. Timeclock, schedule, overtime and proper radio conduct and some OJT. Later the first day, the administrator that oversees security did a complete overview for the team, expectations and changes.
I was pretty nervous and excited. At first, I was a roamer to all of the various stations during Huskies Days – getting to understand what went on with each of them. Helping out where I could (covering for breaks). Most of them time I was just answering questions from students and parents. For the students, they wanted to know who I was, why I was doing this and where is last years security person at? Parents were asking many questions that I really could not answer on day 1, but by day 2 on – I was filled with answers.
During many of the days, all of us newbies, were trained in the various locations and duties that we needed to perform while at them. There are at least 9 various locations throughout the school that we man. Some of them are stationary, but most are mobile. The role has us being completely listening and watching the students during passing periods. During the case period, we would check bathrooms and walk the halls. Being completely observant to everything that goes on.
When Friday rolled around… We were off to district mandatory training! We received law enforcement training and what to look for and the latest trends in our local area. Next came the legal training, so we would understand what we can and can not do. What responsibilities we were required by law.
At the end of that week – I was feeling pretty much overwhelmed.
Over my three years – the Husky Days changed for good due to COVID. COVID forced the school to make massive changes to more of an on-line process to cover all that Husky Days requirements. Moving forward the only orientation for the Freshman are being done in person with the help of the school’s student Link Crew.
Moving forward – I will be writing about some of the topics that everyone wants to hear about… If you have a question or what to know more about what happens in a high school go ahead in the comments section and tell me which one you want to hear about! I will focus on the hot ones to you…
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