La Bene Vita

Frantic Update

Last week, this week, and next week:
* Signed lease on the new music school campus, effective June 1st
* Architectural and engineering drawings for new campus started last week
* Held our annual Graduation Party (luau theme) for student performances all afternoon this past Sunday
* Demo at the new campus started Wednesday of this week
* Closing on the new house this afternoon
* Moving boxes and small items all weekend
* Teaching a Rock Band Camp all week next week
* Ohio Idol court date next Wednesday afternoon
* Movers coming to our house next Wednesday to move furniture to the new house
* Movers coming to the mother-in-law's house next Thursday to move furniture to the new house
* Cable (and, more importantly, Internet) company coming next Saturday for installation at new house

Meanwhile, in the last month, I/we have:
* hired a new teacher, two receptionists, and two lab leads, one of whom promptly quit when she realized she was in over her head
* promoted four employees into new positions and started holding weekly meetings with each of them
* redesigned and relaunched the church website
* designed and trained volunteers on the upkeep of a charity website
* designed and trained volunteers on the upkeep of a small section of the church website
* started a major revision campaign on the back-end of the school website
* promoted and planned summer camps
* withdrawn more than fifty students
* enrolled at least half that
* worked on Grand Opening ad campaigns
* designed an exterior sign and signed an agreement with a sign company
* subbed for half a dozen teachers, since May is symphony season and June is vacation season

At least I'll get a break while waiting for permits

Then it starts getting busy again in mid-July. Then we'll be:
* overseeing construction
* buying pianos, guitars, violins, furniture, wall hangings, computers, screens, coffee pots, office supplies, cleaning supplies, etc.
* planning a Grand Opening event
* hiring new teachers, receptionists, and lab attendants

But the good news is that effective August 1st, my recently promoted employees completely take over management of the current Gahanna campus, freeing me up for all the other stuff.

For those of you who are interested:

The MTMS Polaris Campus Grand Opening is scheduled for Sunday, September 15th.

I'd love to see you there.

Peace,
Michelle