Things are looking up.
7th grader is finishing out the year as a success, even though it's not a great fit. Now leaving public for private next year is moving from boring to better instead of escaping failure.
2nd grader acted out in math enough to get her teacher's attention; at our conference she explained herself eloquently, and the teacher agreed to pretest her for every math unit (not standard in our school) and only give her assignments she hasn't mastered. We haven't had the greatest year in this class and will have the same teacher next year. This could be a negative, but this teacher does follow through consistently without holding grudges once she understands what is needed, so I think it's a positive.
DD8 has math circle camp, three weeks of away camp, and a week with her aunt, plus the family trip. DD13 has only two weeks of away camp plus the week with her aunt and the family trip. Both want to just spend the summer reading all day.
