Better.

I called the courthouse and spoke with the clerk. I explained about the tickets first - and she said "well, you can serve that two weeks when you get back" which is ok with me. Then I brought up the issue of my class and she said "well, when you call in the afternoon to see if you're needed, just tell me that you're needed up on campus."

um. ok. Not that I'm not grateful, but I thought the point of jury duty was having people be available.

At any rate, when my department chair gets back, I'm gonna see if I can talk him into being "on deck" to take the second hour of the class on the days I might be needed. I'll have to be super prepared in advance (especially if there is a chance I get on a trial where I might be sequestered), but that's true anyway in the summers.

I want to fulfill my civic duty, but I don't want to hurt my students while doing it.