Santhome Public School

Santhome Public School sits on Plot No.270 along Kanakia Road in Mira Road East. If you’ve been to this part of town, you know it’s grown a lot lately. There are new buildings everywhere, but we’ve been here at our spot for a while. The road gets quite packed with traffic in the mornings and afternoons. You can hear the rickshaws and the buses from the classrooms. It’s just a normal school day for us. We spend a lot of time cleaning the floors and making sure the gate is locked when it should be. The playground gets dusty, but the kids don't seem to mind. They’re out there every break running around and making a lot of noise. We try to keep things organized, but with so many people, it’s always a bit of a scramble. The sun hits the front of the building in the afternoon, making it quite bright. We usually have the windows open to let some air in, though you get the city sounds too. People from the nearby apartments walk past all the time. It feels like a very local place. We aren’t doing anything fancy, just running the school and making sure things work. Mira Road East is a busy place to be, and Kanakia Road is right in the middle of it all. Most of us have been working here for years and we know the shortcuts and the best tea stalls nearby. It's just a place where we get the work done every day.