Okay, I'm back. Had to get the little monsters bathed and ready for school in the morning.

Well, things aren't going so well. DD7's everday extra pullout is supposed to start back up Monday, so that is good. In the last three weeks all the emotional problems at home have cropped back up. She finally admitted it has more to do with the fact that she really doesn't like doing work she already knows.
I asked her to tell the teacher and she was afraid. She was nervous because she doesn't want to teacher to be mad at her.
I wanted the teacher to hear it from her, so they know this stuff isn't coming from me. DD7 actually told me what her teacher would say to her if she complained. I told her to nicely ask the teacher to test her on the material to demonstrate that she knows it and then she could move on to new material.
DD7 was so cute, she said, "Well that doesn't sound too bad, it might just work."
Anyway, the teacher was having a bad day and didn't handle it too well.
In her defense, she knew it and sent an apology e-mail and will speak to DD again this week.
I won't post it, but I think my response was pretty effective and would PM it to anyone interested.

The saga continues................

Then there is HG DD5 or C-dog as I like to call her in the forum.
She was happy up until a month ago, or so "learning how to do school". Well that gig is up, and K hasn't had the enrichment teacher at all for the same reason older sister's class didn't.
C-dog has been crying everyday when I pick her up. She says she doesn't want to go to school. There was at least one day that teacher told me her behavior was bad. Another mom reported that on another day she saw her remanded to her desk with another boy during story time. She was crying one day and told me she was the dumbest one in class????????????
She knows she's not, I'm not sure what the deal is. She sees the child psychologist who tested her twice a month, because I want her to have help with OE's and it's going really well.
We agreed that a gradeskip would help her, but I don't think the school is going to go for it. I have a call in to the principal. I'm sure they are so looking forward to talking to me again! Will probably ask for the school psych to get involved and hope he will see what we see and be open to recommending a grade skip.

You know, I thought we had things on a good path, but I'm starting to wonder if we can ever expect anything to run smoothly. I'm not giving up yet, but wow, I'm worn down.

Incog