Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

Well… Morgan has finally gone back to school today!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! Unfortunately the administrators of PISD’s special education department decided to reorganize all the centralized structured classrooms again, so he is in a completely different school from the one he was in last year. This is his 3rd year in school, and for all 3 years he’s had 3 different schools. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing, since we had already decided that we didn’t want him returning to the one that allowed him to wander away from school last year anyway. (We didn’t have any confidence that they could keep him safe, but that’s a whole other ball of wax.) We all went an hour earlier for the open house they had yesterday, so we could attend a meeting with the principal, Morgan’s new teacher, and the teacher’s team leader, about the safety procedures they have in place. I have to say that it eases my mind a lot by how proactive they are being about Morgan’s safety. They also got a chance to see Morgan in action, so they had a clue about how challenging he can be. lol! Morgan got a chance to see the classroom, and enjoyed wandering around checking everything out. After a while he definitely had enough of it all, and we could see the beginnings of a meltdown coming on, so we left and went out to eat at IHOP. Yum!

On his first day of 2nd grade it was hard for him to buckle down, and do his school work. Not too surprising to me. The fact that he got to do what he wanted, when he wanted, over the summer complicates the situation. It always seems to take him a bit to get used to new things, but once he does he will do just fine. Soon they’ll be singing his praises, since he is a very smart little boy… Sometimes he’s too smart for his own good! Over the summer he began to truly read all the many Dr. Seuss books I’ve bought him from Scholastic over the years, so I’m sure they’ll soon see that he’s made a lot of progress with his reading skills. Hopefully he’ll have the same joy of reading Pookey & I have.

The one major bonus to him going to this new school is that the bus that takes him to school this year comes early enough that Pookey won’t be constantly late for work like he was last year. Plus, the one that brings him home comes about 40 minutes later than last year’s, which gives me more alone time. Alone time has always been a big part of my happiness… I do love being with my family, but being able to be alone makes me appreciate them all that much more. No really, I swear, I’m not just saying that! But for me, the best part of Morgan going back to school is being able to sleep in again. *happy sigh*

August 9th, 2006 Posted by: Ash

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