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SUMMER 2015
News
School’s Out, Clock In
Jack Murphy &
Hannah Peterson
Staff Writers
While summer vacation is a joyous and
relaxing occasion for
some, for others work
does not stop on
June 11. Conservatory and academic
teachers alike take
summer jobs to keep
themselves busy or
for needed extra
income.
Some might be
surprised by the odd
jobs teachers have
taken in past. Elective and conservatory teacher Casey
Garritano used to
take many temp
jobs, including construction and even
one as a mortgage
broker. “I used to
drive a car for a car
company to test out
their new cars for the
next year. I would
drive all the way
to Big Bear to Palm
Springs and back every day,” Garritano
said.
Creative Writing
Teacher Garrett
Caclaterra also had
his fair share of odd
end jobs, “One time
someone asked me
to deliver a wine rack
or whatever and
the guy was really
creepy, he asked me
inside to have wine
with me and then he
asked me if I wanted
to go down and look
at his basement.”
Even though these
types of summer jobs
seem humorous, they
are needed for serious reasons. Caclaterra commented,
“As a teacher and a
writer I only get paid
during the school
year so in the summer I have to find
some sort of work to
help pay bills.”
Transitioning from
school to summer
can be difficult.
Spanish Teacher
Señor Berrey said,
“After a week or so
you start to not know
what to do with yourself and my kids start
to freak out too be-
cause all the sudden
dad’s home all the
time. My wife is usually really happy.”
Since teacher salaries only cover nine
months of the year,
Berrey said, “I feel like
I need to save money through the year
and it’s hard to…A
lot of unexpected
things come up.”
So when that