Ambal Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Sirumugai is a quiet town near Coimbatore, and Ambal Matriculation Higher Secondary School is right in the heart of it. Being a school in a place like this means we know almost all the families who live nearby. The school is not a high-tech facility with glass walls; it is just a series of rooms with old blackboards and wooden benches that have seen a lot of use. Some of the desks even have names carved into them from students who left years ago. We have a small front office where we handle all the mail and registrations, and it is usually piled high with paper. Coimbatore weather can get quite humid, so we are lucky to have a few big trees in the yard that provide some shade during the lunch break. The staff spends their time in the break room sharing food and talking about what is happening in town. It is a very grounded place to work. We do not have a team of people for marketing or anything like that. If someone wants to know about the school, they just walk through the gate and ask us. We have classes for the little children and the ones getting ready to graduate. The school bell is a manual one, and sometimes we are a minute late ringing it. It is just a steady, daily grind that we have all gotten used to over the years.