Special Education teacher, Mrs. Tournoux, has three kids who all attend school in the Mayfield district. Her oldest, Norah, goes to Mayfield High School as a sophomore, her middle child, Davis, goes to Mayfield Middle School as a 7th grader, and her youngest, Grant, goes to Millridge as a 5th grader. In addition, all of her kids attend sports. And Norah is the only one who does both.

Tournoux is very happy to have all three of her kids attend Mayfield. “I love it gives me a rare opportunity to be involved in my kids’ lives more than most parents,” Tournoux said. 

Also Tournoux stated that Norah is between liking having her at the high school. “Sometimes yes and sometimes no, but since we don’t see each other much she’s probably okay with it,” Tournoux said.

Her boys, on the other hand, will probably react similarly. “The same as Norah. But they will probably want food from me and won’t want me involved with their classes,” Tournoux said.

Tournoux also stated that she does not want to be her kids’ teacher. She feels it would be hard and difficult. “No, I never had Norah in a class and no I do not want them in a class later on because I think it would be difficult to be their teacher more than being their mom and I don’t think that’s fair,” Tournoux said. 

In addition to school, Tournoux’s kids do sports and clubs. Norah does cross country, softball, national history day club, interact club, and Spanish club. Davis does football, basketball, baseball, and he also wants to run track in the spring. And finally, Grant does soccer, basketball, baseball, and swimming. 

Tournoux claimed that all of her kids made the decision to do the sports that they wanted to do. On the other hand, she suggested to Norah the clubs so she can have more activities to do after school other than sports. “They all wanted to do the sports and I suggested to Norah to do clubs,” Tournoux said. 

Tournoux mentioned that schoolwork doesn’t get in the way of clubs and sports for her boys. But for Norah it’s completely different and a lot harder for her because she’s in high school. “It’s not hard for the boys when it comes to getting homework done after school, but for Norah yes. When she comes home she stays up late sometimes to do her homework,” Tournoux said.

Tournoux stated that it is hard for her to manage teaching and then a lot of times get involved with her kids’ sports and Norah’s clubs, mostly national history day club stuff. She does know how to manage their clubs and sports as well as teaching everyday as well. “It’s challenging and it takes a lot of planning and time management,” Tournoux said.