With school starting for most Metro-Atlanta counties on Monday I thought it would be fun poll our team for their back to school memories.
Tonia Mann, Managing Partner
Q: What was the most exciting part of starting a new school year?
A: School supplies, specially new crayons!
Q: Did you have a favorite school lunch?
A: Chili and cinnamon rolls (Usually served on Wednesdays)
Q: What was one item you always had in your backpack?
A: Cute little packages of Kleenex and Pee Chees Folders
Christine Boldt, Buyers Specialist
Q: What was the most exciting part of starting a new school year?
A: The brand new shiny school supplies; and in kindergarten and first grade, I was excited about the paste we used in school in those days - it tasted good! :) (Not that you were supposed to eat it!)
Q: Did you plan what you were going to wear the first day of school?
A: Always - and in elementary school it had to be a frilly dress! In high school it had to be cool jeans or a peasant dress!
Q: Did you have a favorite school lunch?
A: My favorite school lunch in middle and high school was cheese quesadillas - I figured they were the safest thing to choose!
Renee Fouquet, Office Manager
Q: What was the most exciting part of starting a new school year?
A: Back to school SHOPPING! For clothes AND school supplies...
Q: Did you plan what you were going to wear the first day of school?
A: Oh yes! I always wore a cute dress, and I always made sure my mom curled my hair for the first day....
Q: Did you have a favorite school lunch?
A: The only thing I remember liking was the taco salad. I was a weird kid.
Casey Powell, REO Specialist
Q: What was the most exciting part of starting a new school year?
A: New tennis shoes. I love the smell of new shoes!
Q: Did you have a favorite school lunch?
A: Pizza and what can best be described as McDonald's McRib sandwich. It was just some kind of processed meat that was pressed to look like ribs.
Q: What was one item you always had in your backpack each school year?
A: I never had a backpack. I probably would have lost it. I was doing good to keep up with my books and keeping my new shoes clean!
Cassidy Bates, Marketing Manager
Q: What was the most exciting part of starting a new school year?
A: Getting to decorate a new locker and finding new ways to pass notes in class.
Q: Did you have a favorite school lunch?
A: Baked potato with chili on top and the strawberry flavored water
Q: What was one item in your backpack each school year?
A: Markers! I loved markers!