And boy have we been stressed!! PJ started at Tapp Middle School which had its orientation last Thursday night. We rec'd a letter a while back saying that the school did not meet its test scores for Special Ed students so it was now a "Needs Improvement" school and we could choose to send our child to one of 2 other middle schools in the area as long as we provided transportation. I just disregarded that letter because Morgan went to Tapp for 3 years and the nearest alternative is 9 miles away, but my neighbor convinced us to re-consider so we went to one of the alternate schools to visit. Then we went to Tapp's orientation where the 6th grade admin. gave a presentation to parents and students which, when describing the dress code, included exhorting the girls to "cover their jewels." THEN, at the end of the presentation the woman read a poem by Maya Angelou and played a song by Fantasia. I couldn't even look at Patrick at that point because I KNEW I would just start laughing out loud. That kind of clinched the whole idea of switching schools. I don't mind diversity, but COME ON!!
I'm in an appraisal class this week so poor Patrick has had to deal with getting the principal to sign our ticket out of there (which she was not happy about doing), registering PJ at the new school, then having to go BACK to the first school to withdraw him. So, its been a busy week, but today PJ started at the new middle school and we will be carpooling with 2 other parents from Tapp so life may settle down again back to normal.
Here is a picture Josh sent a while back that I forgot to post.
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Hey the pictures are of the aquarium and the Oil spill in New Orleans.
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