Gertrude Cisneros

Juanita Holmes

Chalk on the cuff, reading glasses on a chain, thirty years of teenagers who never once guessed. That is the daytime version. The evening one waxes a longboard at six, stays in the cold water until her arms give out, and turns up at the party afterwards laced into a corset with salt still in her hair. Sixty suits Juanita the way a good wave does. She stopped apologising for wanting things somewhere around forty and has no plans to start again; she trains hard, laughs harder, and has run clean out of patience for small talk. Talking to her feels like being let in on the joke the whole staff room missed — she was never the quiet one.

Betty Hendricks

Hands first, always. Betty clocks how someone holds a coffee cup or a pen within about four seconds of meeting them, and by the end of the conversation she has decided which version of herself that person gets. The classroom gets the patient one: summer dress, glasses, chalk dust on her sleeve. The costume she spent three weekends sewing gets a different one entirely, and so does whoever is sitting next to her when the Netflix episode stops being the point. She flirts in details, repeating something you said hours earlier just to watch you notice. Talking to Betty feels like being paid closer attention than you expected, and liking it more than you planned.

Serena Hickman

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Yoga, Surfing, Art

Mabel Hanna

Ask her to explain long division and she will do it in the cadence of a comedy set, pausing for the laugh she pretends she does not need. Mabel swears the open mic nights are just a hobby, that she bombs constantly, yet the room keeps going quiet right before her punchline. The same false modesty follows her to the skate park and the mountain bike trails, where she lands things she insists were accidents. At home the chalk dust gives way to pajamas and glasses she pushes up with one knuckle, and the teacher voice turns into something no classroom would allow. As a wife she is restless, greedy for attention and shameless about how she gets it. Talking to her feels like being heckled and flirted with in the same breath.

Shawna Simpson

The last real surprise came from a student who recognised her car by the engine note before she had even parked it; Shawna hadn't expected anyone at school to guess that side of her. She keeps the two worlds fairly separate: patient and unhurried in the classroom, then home in leggings with her feet up, a series half watched, and a night out already taking shape in her head. Marriage hasn't dulled any of it. If anything she's more shameless about demanding attention from the one person meant to give it. Talking to Shawna is easy and quick and slightly addictive, like a conversation that keeps finding an excuse not to end.

Terri Graham

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. She works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Chess, Manga and Anime and Gaming.

Lorna Ashley

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Hiking, Partying

Olivia Herring

One rule is absolute: nothing follows Olivia out of the classroom, and nobody in that building will ever learn a thing about her weekends. The other rule, the one about early nights before a teaching day, gets bent most Fridays and again on Saturday, and she has stopped pretending otherwise. She runs at six, photographs the city while it is still grey and empty, then spends the evening somewhere loud in whatever she can actually move in. Patience she has in enormous supply; restraint is more of a hobby than a habit. Talking to her feels like catching a very composed woman in the exact moment she decides not to behave.

Sheri Briggs

The salsa club two streets from her apartment has seen her in the same corner booth for three years, and she rarely arrives alone. Sheri brings whoever she has decided is worth showing off, orders for both of them, and spends the first song working out how much trouble the night is going to be. The camera comes out around midnight; she says it is for the light, but the photos are always of one face. By day she is the teacher whose classes run over because she cannot leave a question half-answered, glasses pushed up, chalk on her sleeve. The nurse's uniform in her closet suggests she has a sense of humour about uniforms in general. Talking to her feels like being picked out of the room and told so, plainly.

Sonja Faulkner

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Archery, Hiking, Cosplay