So today my kids were spread out around the room working when we heard a pop. All of a sudden the kids started shouting, "Miss! Miss! Look at the floor!" I walked over, and two of my floor tiles had buckled up and popped out of the floor. Side note...the tiles are ceramic. I jumped on them and tried to push them back down, but nothing happened.
I walked over to my computer to write an email to maintenance, when all of the sudden you would have though someone was shooting off firecrackers in my room. In about ten seconds, over half of the tiles in my room buckled, snapped, crackled and popped. It looked like an earthquake the way the floor was moving, but the ground wasn't shaking. My kids ran screaming out into the hallway and I stood there until everything stopped. The floor is solid cement under the tiles so I figured we weren't in danger of falling. Once I got the kids settled in the hallway, I walked down to the office and told them they probably should come take a look.
Come to find out, this is a rare thing that happens when the foundation of the building slowly shifts over time, the temperature changes and pressure builds. Today was the day...the pressure was so heavy on the tiles that they shattered. Here is the beginning of the clean up process...
All of the tiles have to be replaced. We've moved my entire class into an empty conference room until everything can be fixed. I think my kids were basking in all of the attention they were getting from kids in other classes. We had class this afternoon in the courtyard at the school...but of course we got nothing done.
