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Stacy and Carol, retired elementary teachers, open by chatting about Stacy exercising and Carol’s late-night drive to rescue her son after an Uber broke down, then dedicate the episode to teachers as school starts in extreme heat. They reflect on unpaid summer classroom setup, annual packing and waxing floors, and how phone/email and parent messaging apps increased parent “over-connection,” including excessive non-urgent messages. They share common school frustrations like coats and lunchboxes in lost and found, gross forgotten water bottles, and unreasonable requests such as monitoring hydration for football practice. They discuss stressful parent-teacher conferences, parents denying behavior issues, and appreciating supportive, honest families. They recount escalating student behaviors (spitting, hitting, cursing), a biting incident involving police and a parent requesting an exorcism, children lying about incidents, and parents criticizing standards like cursive or dismissing handwriting expectations.

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