FEATURE
BRING YOUR CHILD
TO WORK DAY EVERY DAY Sara Bogan
Anika Raina
Ian Cox
Picture this: You're walking through the hallways of LHS when your mom suddenly comes around the corner. For some students, they don’t need to imagine this scenario -- it happens all the time! Some LHS students and parents recently opened up on what it’s really like to have your mom at the same high school, or even in the same class.
The Gourleys Mrs. Sara Gourley, who teaches Algebra I and AP Statistics, enjoys having her daughters, junior Abby and senior Amanda, at LHS. She describes her work as a balance between “home life” and “work life.” “It’s just a nice way to combine being a mom and being a teacher all at the same time. I get to have everything happen right in one place, which is awesome,” Mrs. Gourley articulated. Amanda and Abby have been coming to LHS since before they were students through the “Learn to Swim” program and “Bring Your Child to Work Day,” where they still receive a free lunch each year. Their childhood helped create an easier transition for them to LHS, since they both already knew the staff and their way around the school.
Mrs. Gourley works as a math teacher at LHS. Her two daughters are Abby, a junior, and Amanda, a senior. Amanda is in Mrs. Gourley’s AP Statistics class this year. Amanda expressed that she sometimes wonders if she should call Mrs. Gourley “Mom” in class, although she chooses to clear her throat or raise her hand to get her mom’s attention instead. “I said [to Amanda], ‘You know what, if that happens, that’s okay.’ There have been years when people have referred to me as ‘Mama G’ and they’re not biologically related to me at all,” Mrs. Gourley said. Amanda said that she likes having her mom as a teacher. She laughed while discussing how, when Mrs. Gourley creates math problems in class, her mom uses their own cars or Amanda’s favorite memes as examples. On the other hand, Amanda worries that if she performs poorly on a math test in the class, her mom may be disappointed. Abby, who likes to visit her mom frequently during the school day, feels similar pressures at LHS: "A lot of people are like, 'Yeah, you have to be good at math because your mom's a math teacher' and I'm like, 'Well, no.' I happen to be, but it doesn't really relate," Abby expressed.
The Cashmans Sophomore Chloe Cashman is glad that her mom, Mrs. Katherine
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Every morning Chloe sees her mom, Mrs. Cashman, as she walks into the G-P LST.
Cashman, a secretary in the G-P LST, is at the same school as her. Chloe explained that “it’s nice having a family member in the building because if I need something, I can just come [to the G-P LST]... If I just need to tell her about something, she’s right there and
