In fact, mail will occupy 70 minutes of her day, more than any other task. The paperwork mailed from central office is light today, and Hersh has it completed. Just yesterday she found an offer for two free assemblies from the International Music Foundation. I don't pay for a lot of the things that are coming to the school now because I go through the mail. I don't delegate that.
Money is tight.
Principal Hersh observes children reading along with a tape recorded story. This is her only break today. Three minutes later, just as the principal unwraps her ham salad sandwich, another teacher comes calling. A investigator from Department of Children and Family Services shows up in response to the hotline call about the girl with the bloody nose. Hersh escorts the woman into her office.