I'm a little worried about ds8 going into 3rd grade - I though I knew who his teacher was going to be (he went to her class for math last year) - but that might have changed. The principal had put a bunch of particular kids in her class, but she told him that she'll be on maternity leave in Jan, and thought it might not be good for those kids to have a sub for so long. So - not sure if he's still in her class. Last year she was out for 3 months, as she had a baby who was then very sick. His 2nd grade teacher was also out on maternity leave during the school year. It WOULD be nice to have his teachers there the whole year this year. I also don't know which class he'll go to for math, I don't know any of the 4th grade teachers. I just hope that the two teachers (3rd and 4th) have got their act together to co-ordinate their classes, so they both have math at the same time. That has happened the past couple of years, and it makes it so much easier for ds to switch from one class to the other. Ah well - only 3 weeks and we'll know what's going on :):)
