After the NAEA conference, I returned and found that Mr. Maintenance Superman had begun removing the paint. It appeared that he started at one end, went partway down, and was working his way across. Just prior to Carnival break, the upper half of our mural area was completely stripped. And off we went to Carnival activities.
When we returned after the week, I saw that we still had only the upper six feet of our wall stripped. I talked to Mr. Principal, who wasn’t sure what was going on. Mr. Music Teacher came by and said he had worked with Mr. Maintenance Superman, and that there was a line at the bottom of the section they stripped – so they thought we were creating a smaller mural this year.
Oooops. My students had misunderstood the directions, and they drew a line at three feet, instead of just dots. I could see how Mr. Maintenance Superman had taken that to be the bottom of the mural. So I gave him another call, explained our mistake, bought more super duper paint stripper, and a week later we had a bare wall.
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