The student teacher observed and got her feet wet the first few weeks, but now is teaching the current book and the teacher is not in the classroom. The social worker didn't know about the student teacher, but she asked why I thought this might affect my son. Well, the book will be done in a few weeks and DS will have a few weeks to get used to the classroom teacher...again...just in time for the final.
The counselor is retiring at the end of the year, which saves me the very, very difficult process of requesting a new counselor.