Billie Carpenter has this tradition on the last day of school:Her current students write letters to next year’s students offering advice on their teacher.
“Don’t ask her to repeat herself, listen the first time!” a student wrote in 2008. “All I’m suggesting is you will love it when you’re sitting in this seat and have Ms. Carpenter.”
Carpenter’s fifth-graders at Miami Shores Elementary won’t be doing that Thursday, the last day of school for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, because they don’t know who will teach next year’s class.
After 44last days of school, this is Carpenter’s last.
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