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Responsibilities:

Monitor student entry and exit

Deter and detect intruders

Cafeteria duty to monitor and maintain order

Receive and inspect all mail and packages

Attend weekly meetings addressing current issues in the workplace

Work overtime when necessary in order to cover parent-teacher conferences and student activities

Answer and direct phone calls

Encourage and ensure that students adhere to all school policies (uniforms, cell phones, IDs, etc.)

Document unusual occurrences and collect witness statements

Contact Police, Fire Department, or Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for emergencies



Qualifications:

Must have security guard certification for both 8-hour and 16-hour class

High school experience preferred but not required

Ability to communicate effectively and often with parents and families

Belief that all students can learn and achieve at high levels



Compensation:

Competitive and commensurate with experience and certification(s) Interested candidates may send resume and cover letter to: NYC Charter Middle School. This is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group for reasons of race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual preferences, or mental or physical disability.





SESSION SEVEN





I have very good news for you today. Finally, Alicia the Psychic wrote to me and is talking about money. She said that in a month I will experience a big fortune. Maybe it’s a job! And who knows what else. Because she said three things will happen. Three! Look, look, I asked ángela to do a print for me in her oficina so you could see that Alicia the Psychic is not a robot.

Dear Carabonita,

I am so excited for you. Destiny has brought me into your life so I can deliver this wonderful news. Your guardians have sent me this message. After taking care of everyone, this is an opportunity to take care of yourself. Your fortune is waiting for you. You deserve a happy life.

Take note of this special date: four weeks from now your life will transform dramatically. Go to a calendar right now and write it down. What occurs on this day will start an irreversible change on your life path. This will be the first fortune. Then there will be two more. You have to believe me. I saw it very clearly in your future. I know we have not met in person, but I cannot stress enough how rare your circumstances are, Carabonita. The stars are working for you!

I believe you could see thousands of dollars during this time. Can you envision a life with financial security and love? I’ve been doing this for a long time, Carabonita. I would not have bothered to write to you if I wasn’t absolutely certain that your life is about to change.

I know you are having financial difficulties, Carabonita, so I’m going to do something unusual. I’m going to ask for less than many of my clients pay, to help you out. Seize this opportunity. All I need is a small fee to cover my essential equipment costs. And it’s completely risk-free!

I know my predictions sound too good to be true, Carabonita, so I’m not asking you to take my word for it. Put me to the test. And if for some reason my visions have misled me, then I don’t want your money. Just let me know and I’ll send you a full refund, no questions asked.

One more thing. Don’t feel guilty for the wonderful things you’re going to receive. Remember that no one deserves this more than you.


Your friend and spiritual guide who loves you,

Alicia the Psychic

Does she sound like a robot to you? She knows that I need the money and that I have sacrificed for others, making sure everybody is OK. It’s a big job. I showed this letter to Lulú, but she said, It’s a scam. It’s a scam!

But the emails to me are very specific! Not just this one, all of them. And even if I don’t send her the money, she continues to write to me. When Walter Mercado was on the TV every day—?ay! it’s terrible he is no longer on TV—he said something to me. OK, yes, to me and everybody watching the TV: that the people who have the vision have the responsibility to share what they see. Even if he wasn’t on TV, Walter would have to go in the street and share the visions. It’s a privilege to have this capacity. So I trust Alicia the Psychic, even if Lulú tells me I am crazy to trust.

But I am careful. I can smell scams.

For example, I received a request from a mother from Nigeria who had lost everything.

Help. Send money immediately, promise I will pay double, she said.

This Nigerian woman was alone with her children. Escaping from a violent man, the son of a king. She moved all the money he inherited from his father into a secret bank account, and she was the only one that knows the number. If you help me, I will share my fortune with you, she said.

The letter made me think of all the women, like me, that escape from men who are so crazy that in the middle of the night they chop the leg of another man. I had no secret money to hide when I left Ricardo. He didn’t even have enough money to put gasoline in the moto. I left Hato Mayor with nothing, only Fernando and two or three things. But what I am trying to say is that a butcher and a prince have more in common when they are angry.

No, I didn’t send the Nigerian woman money. I don’t have the money. But I almost told her that I understand her life because I had to run too.