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Post by donna on Jul 29, 2014 21:10:14 GMT
I have a Federal Jury summons for this Friday, Aug 1, in a town over an hour away from my home. Please pray that I am not chosen. Several things make this a really bad time for jury duty.
My son's car died and he has been sharing our 2 cars. If I have one car over an hour away it makes it difficult to share cars.
Teachers have to report back to work on the 11th. I have a new principal this year and he is making lots of changes. I really do not need to miss any of this in-service time. Teachers are allowed back in their rooms on the 4th to put them back together after the summer cleaning. I will need to have my room assembled before the 11th because we never get room time during in-service.
The new principal and the car issue both occurred after the window for submitting online excuses. If the jury duty have occurred a month ago I would have been all gung ho about serving, but this is a horrible time to serve. I would be glad to be called back in next June and July.
I know praying to not have jury duty sounds odd, but please do pray for me!
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Post by cynipidae17 on Jul 29, 2014 21:16:10 GMT
Hope you are not chosen
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Post by scrappert on Jul 29, 2014 21:16:37 GMT
I hope all works out for you!!
Prayers to you.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 29, 2014 21:17:48 GMT
I'm sorry, that sounds like a stressful time. Prayers for things working out well for you!
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Post by 1lear on Jul 29, 2014 21:19:53 GMT
I hope you're not chosen, and that you enjoy the upcoming school year.
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Post by disneypal on Jul 29, 2014 21:23:47 GMT
I know praying to not have jury duty sounds odd, but please do pray for me! No it doesn't - there is no prayer too big or too small. Praying for you. |
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Post by theboydbunch on Jul 29, 2014 21:36:46 GMT
I hope you are not chosen!
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Post by redshoes on Jul 29, 2014 21:57:08 GMT
Can you call and request a reschedule anyway? All they can do is say no. I cannot imagine you're the first person that has had circumstances arise after the deadline.
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Post by donna on Jul 29, 2014 22:02:45 GMT
redshoes, the paperwork says specifically that no excuse can be given over the phone. I will call the given number Thursday afternoon and then report on Friday if needed. I hope they will not need me after that. I really do not need to miss school time.
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Post by peabay on Jul 29, 2014 22:04:22 GMT
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jul 29, 2014 23:00:58 GMT
Sending you good thoughts
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Post by purplebee on Jul 29, 2014 23:22:00 GMT
Hope things work out in your favor, I work at school too, and the first few weeks are very stressful. Sending up a prayer for you.
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Post by linda~lou on Jul 29, 2014 23:30:06 GMT
I was a injury claim adjuster for AAA, once they knew my profession, I was always excused. Sometimes I wanted to get chosen, I thought it would be interesting to see how the judicial system worked. In your case, however, I can see why you hope you don't get picked. Fingers crossed they excuse you!
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Post by caro on Jul 29, 2014 23:30:14 GMT
I understand what you 're saying. Can you submit an email. I have jury duty next week. If I am chosen and it goes into the following I have in service that week. I guess there is never a good time for jury duty but particularly around the beginning or ending of school.
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Post by keknj on Jul 29, 2014 23:37:19 GMT
I got a summons for state grand jury duty on 9/11/14. Yeah, not happy about that one. A couple of weeks ago I got another summons for county jury duty for August. Really? Once is not enough? I called and they dismissed the county one. The lady said oh they have you duplicated in the system. Supposedly she fixed it. I hope so!
I will keep my fingers crossed for you that you are not chosen!!
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Post by donna on Jul 30, 2014 0:00:28 GMT
If this summons was just for a few weeks ago I would be kind of excited for the experience.
I take my time at school very seriously. These kids have one chances for their first Chemistry experience to go well. For this to happen they need to be with me and not with a sub since our subs are glorified babysitters even if they are very nice people.
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Post by ingrid on Jul 30, 2014 0:09:45 GMT
They do excuse people if it results in a hardship and extreme inconvenience. I think you have a pretty decent chance of being excused and will keep you in my thoughts!
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Post by Lexica on Jul 30, 2014 0:38:29 GMT
I received a summons a few months ago. I don't work. I don't have any type of schedule I have to keep to, so I was excited to be on a jury. I was put into two different jury pools during the course of the time there, one in the morning and one in the afternoon that didn't completely fill so we had to return the second day until they finished choosing the panel. I really wanted to serve on one. I thought it would be interesting and a nice break for me. Although I was concerned about how I was going to sit for that long in a chair without pain, I wanted to try.
I watched a few people who were absolutely gunning to get off the jury panel. It was so obvious by their answers to questions that they were saying what they needed to say to get kicked out. And they did. Every single person that I pegged as a "quitter" while in the audience section got out of serving jury time. They basically listened to what the case was about by the questions answered and went for answers that they knew darned well one attorney or the other would not choose them. I learned that if you want to get off, you can get off.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 30, 2014 0:42:42 GMT
When you report for duty, you MIGHT ask for a delayed opportunity to serve. I did that once. I pointed out that school was beginning and got jury duty delayed for 3 months.
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