Another Year, Another Academic Year Starts
Today: We conquer the World, erm, The HOUSE! ;-)
Tomorrow: The teens head back for a busier than ever beginning of an academic year. Usually the first day is fine, but this year, we're running blind--no Open Houses, no introductions to new facilities and no walk-throughs of class schedules. They have both been instructed to present themselves at the front offices if they have any problems and it being the first week, there will be much tolerance for tardiness and such. Next week could be more interesting.
Z is going into the high school this year. He's excited and nervous. I think he'll be fine once he gets used to the new building (even the 10th graders will have much to adjust to this year--they're in the middle of a major renovation that took the front of the building off during the summer and mad other structural changes, too). He's in marching band and while he complained about band camp, I think he really likes being part of the gang. We'll see how that works out.
L is heading off to senior high school this year. New campus (with four large buildings on 32 acres--why is a high school so huge? They share the campus w/a dairy farm! Cows on campus. Only in TX) and new course system. I'm not sure how this is going to work--the special ed staff there is even less hands on than the high school system and she's not had a walk-thru of her schedule. Hopefully all her classes will be easy to find. This is the first year in six when she doesn't have a dedicated art class. That's going to be weird for her. She does have a multimedia class that she's somewhat excited about. I'm hoping she likes that. Z also has this course at the high school level (exactly the same class, different campus). Have to get hold of advisory folks to set up new meeting to get more suppor services for her. Tried all summer to get hold of someone over there to set this up, but nobody returned phone calls or emails (they all took the entire summer off, apparently). *shrugs*
Tomorrow I'll stick pretty close to home--not anticipating any trouble, but you never know.
Tomorrow: The teens head back for a busier than ever beginning of an academic year. Usually the first day is fine, but this year, we're running blind--no Open Houses, no introductions to new facilities and no walk-throughs of class schedules. They have both been instructed to present themselves at the front offices if they have any problems and it being the first week, there will be much tolerance for tardiness and such. Next week could be more interesting.
Z is going into the high school this year. He's excited and nervous. I think he'll be fine once he gets used to the new building (even the 10th graders will have much to adjust to this year--they're in the middle of a major renovation that took the front of the building off during the summer and mad other structural changes, too). He's in marching band and while he complained about band camp, I think he really likes being part of the gang. We'll see how that works out.
L is heading off to senior high school this year. New campus (with four large buildings on 32 acres--why is a high school so huge? They share the campus w/a dairy farm! Cows on campus. Only in TX) and new course system. I'm not sure how this is going to work--the special ed staff there is even less hands on than the high school system and she's not had a walk-thru of her schedule. Hopefully all her classes will be easy to find. This is the first year in six when she doesn't have a dedicated art class. That's going to be weird for her. She does have a multimedia class that she's somewhat excited about. I'm hoping she likes that. Z also has this course at the high school level (exactly the same class, different campus). Have to get hold of advisory folks to set up new meeting to get more suppor services for her. Tried all summer to get hold of someone over there to set this up, but nobody returned phone calls or emails (they all took the entire summer off, apparently). *shrugs*
Tomorrow I'll stick pretty close to home--not anticipating any trouble, but you never know.