Posts by Geofizz

Trying to come up with an adjective that describes 'involvment' that starts with 'H' to go into Real's School Improvement Team. It would go with kerc's essence of dingo. Went to a parent group meeting for the monthly lecture. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by mommajb  The current topic is how to properly make oatmeal. Use thick rolled oats only. Boil water with slightly less than twice the amount of oatmeal.  Pour in the oatmeal, turn off...

The policy here is that you can request that your child not be placed with a teacher that your family has had for an older child.  That's the only request that's actually honored.  I'm not sure that they acknowledge the...

I'm with you.   I guess there's something with teacher training that says you must have 28 gingerbread men up at all times, rotating to balloons, flowers, and clouds monthly.  All must be recut...

My RP is back! She's still jet lagged, and wanted to walk. I went early, ran a mile, 5x100s, bleachers, and did my strength and stretch routine, walked 5 miles listening to the trip tales, and then ran home. I feel good. Parent...

Yeah, DH has taken someone else's daughter to work for a day, as the single mom works in special education and cannot bring her daughter by FERPA and HIPPA privacy rights, and the daughter was required to spend a day shadowing a parent...

Melissa, my biggest beef, and something I do plan to mention to the principal, is that the kids are given the expectation that their parents can and will come to events during the school day.  DS' teacher does 7:40 am open houses,...

Yeah, I pointed out to the school that in one more year they're facing sending an 8 year old to a middle school and simultaneously denying him 5 hours a week of services.  I was given "there's no other way."  The lack of...

Hi ya'll.  My RP is back in town, and hopefully my RP-trainee is getting over the worst of her allergies...   Last week I met with the city over multimillion dollars worth of infrastructure work to get things like...

Something in DS thankfully has clicked on gifting.  He's got all the "going all out for a birthday/special day" genes in the family.  He had DH take him shopping yesterday for supplies, and he's been up in his room crafting...