Dogs on the Sendero

First social media video ever! What's up?

- It's Gina coming at you live from Upstate, New York.

- Shit! - Do you want that information out on the internet?

- Hey. Mm. - Right.

Come on, man!

You are a very interesting person.

Have a nice summer.

Yo! What up? It's Big G coming at ya.

Oh, fu-- this is live! It just--

And it's out there now.

And there's my brilliant graduate.

You look so smart. Say something smart.

Oh, man, my tie broke!

So much stupid.

- Mm. Um... um-- - There me go.

Oh, I feel like we've been waiting for this for so long.

We're adopting our first child today.

Oh, my God, there she is.

H-- hi, Rosie!

Hi!

Hi! Oh, my God!

- I'm so happy. - Oh, my goodness.

So, this year, instead of buying each other Christmas presents,

we decided to do what we love most, which is travel.

So, where to first? Nice ocean bungalow in Fiji

or, like, a tropic Hawaiian vacation?

No. We're freaking poor 'cause we're teachers,

so we're headed to Quebec to see the ice and snow.

I-- I'm excited!

We've been waiting at the border for so long,

I've turned into an old man. Oh, and you too.

- Yeah! I just wanna go to Canada...

...and see my neighbors to the north!

Wow! Look how beautiful!

Here we are at the Ice Hotel. Hôtel de Glace.

- Absolutely beautiful. Hey, Gigi.

Gigi, say...

-This is incredible. -Mm-hmm.

Wish we could just drive everywhere.

- See everything. - Yeah. Flying is for the birds.

We did it, Rosie. We did it!

We got an RV.

Are you ready to go on adventures?

Wow! Look how good it looks in here!

We put so much work into this. Looks good. Yeah?

-"We," huh? -Look at the lamp shade I picked out.

Pretty nice, right? Oh, jeez--

Well, he'll fix that.

Oh, shit!

- So, when do you think we'll be done?

So, we are learning about national landmarks in class this week,

and I asked my students where in America they'd like to travel to,

and they all said Disney World or Universal at first, of course,

but then we broadened our horizons

and I got some pretty incredible answers.

Here is Henry's drawing of the Cadillac Ranch.

It's a real place in Amarillo, Texas,

with a bunch of cars, just half stuck in the ground.

...she wrote, um, "drowr."

This is, like, a big dresser, but there's actually

the world's largest chest of drawers in North Carolina.

It's my absolute favorite.

So, apparently Nicolas Cage has a giant pyramid tomb

in a New Orleans cemetery. This is true, I looked it up.

And, uh, how do these kids know this stuff?

They're kindergartners.

But... check this out.

Using some of my kids' suggestions

and after doing a little research of my own,

I have devised the most expeditious route

across the United States for our trip this summer!

Wow, that's amazing!

Sol, you weren't supposed to see this yet.

Holy cow, this is phenomenal!

- Man, you put a lot of work into this. - - Yeah, I know.

It was gonna be your birthday present.

Oh, so does that mean I'm not getting a birthday present?

No.

This say Nicolas Cage pyramid?

Okay! Let's go!

How is it only Wednesday?

Did we leave the garage door open?

-Oh, my God! -What?

You do this, like, every day.

Although, now you got me second guessing if it went down or not.

I just worry about the baby.

Uh, my mom was telling me

about these people that went on vacation,

and the cleaning lady stole the dog from the room.

That sounds like a story from one of your mom's soaps.

I'm just-- I'm asking her to drive by and check.

No! 'Cause then she's gonna go inside and find, like,

dust or crumbs or something and say that we live like animals.

All right. Come on, let's go.

Ooh, you better stop that right now.

- Seriously? - In front of a school?

Shame on you!

- Disgraceful. - Shut up!

Yeah, it was a wonderful weekend. I, I-- I had a great time,

- anyway. Thanks for the tip. - Glad you did.

-Good morning-- Good morning! -Good morning, ladies!

-How are we? -Morning!

Get in, get in!

Everybody, get down! Get down!

Okay, everybody stay low, stay quiet.

We practiced this, remember?

...okay, it's okay, it's okay!

Attention. Lockdown, lockdown.

Lock the doors. Stay away from the windows.

It's okay.

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

- It's the cops. The cops are here.

It's okay, all right? Don't worry,

the cops are gonna save us.

I'm don't wanna die.

I want my mom.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's gonna be all right.

- Guys! Turn off your phones!

Put 'em on silent! Hide your screens, we need to be invisible!

Drop it! Get down!

It's okay! Cops are here.

Cops are here.

- Mr. Queda! - Hands up, guys, hands up!

-...this way. -Come on, guys. Come on. Come on.

Come on, come, come!

Come on. Guys, guys! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Go, go-- come back, come back, come back, c--

Come on, we gotta stick together, we gotta stick together.

- Good, good. It's good. See, the cops are here. - I lost my glasses--

It's all-- it's all right, we'll find them, we'll find them.

We'll find them.

- You see Gina? - No one-- No, no, I haven't.

I'll be right back.

G-- uh, Mrs. Queda's class, you see Mrs. Queda's class?

- No, I haven't. - I haven't, I haven't.

- No, I haven't seen her. - I haven't seen her.

- I don't know where she is. - No?

Uh--

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

- Sir, please. - N-- Gina!

- That's my wife, man, that's my wife! - Sir--

Sir, they're doing everything they can.

You need to get back and let them work.

- Look, stop. Please! - Sir, please.

Stop it! God!

- No-- Get him out of here!

No! Gina!

All right, guys. Hey, everybody, um,

settle down. Settle.

- Hey-- - Guys, take your seats.

All right.

- So, uh... - let's talk.

So, last week of school,

is there any questions you guys have?

I mean, maybe there's something that you wish

that we further expanded on during the year?

Honestly, anything at all. I mean, we're finally free of the standardized curriculum.

Is there something you wish that we could, uh, further explore?

So, why'd that kid kill your wife?

My dad says you're one of those people who wanna give

all of our guns to our government now.

Get out.

You wanna write a principal's note?

I don't care where you go, just leave.

You know, I watched a video about bats the other night. You guys wanna learn about bats?

I had no idea how many species there were.

They're fascinating creatures.

Let's check it out. What do you guys say?

Mm-hmm.

-Can you believe this shit? -What happened?

They're trying to force some of the older faculty into early retirement.

Mr. Grady only had five more years.

He could've retired with a full pension.

Can they do that? Where the hell is our union?

What union? It's a joke! Nobody cares about us.

Even if we were organized, what can we do?

It's not like we can legally strike in this state.

Let's face it, if we go,

they'll just post our jobs the next day.

-Michelle! -What?

Oh-- oh! Oh, I h-- Oh! Oh.

Good afternoon, everyone.

Thank you for coming out today.

It certainly has been a long year.

We've been through a lot.

I guess I'll just get right into it.

I'm sure many of you are aware by now that last night,

the community voted in favor of a merger

between Hunter Elementary and Remington Elementary.

It's been a long time coming.

However, this change is a good change.

It has strengthened bonds,

saved jobs, and balanced the budget.

Change is good.

Major shifts already began to take place,

and throughout the summer, it will continue.

So for that, we ask all faculty and staff

begin to start packing their rooms