The return of the delinquent one
Thank you all for your concern. I have not been swallowed up by the evil we all know as the YMCA. In fact, after a small display of power, we have been avoiding them. Now really on purpose, it's just how things have been going. (Display of power = showed up enough times after being booted to show that gruff looking bitch that I was not goign away)
Where to start?
PRESKOOL:
The city we live in has decided that they spend too much money on preschool. Their solution--- get rid of it. That means that the only kids that can get preskool services are special education kids. In the past month, we've had Logan tested by 2 different people, trying to get him into preskool thru the Spec Ed door. The wife is a spec ed teacher, and thought we might have a shot at preskool due to Logan's problem with speech. He has a fantastic vocabulary, but his diction leaves a bit to be desired. Often times (as can be normal in children of 3 yrs old), people don't fully understand what he is saying.
I should mention that the decision to emilinate preskool is a recent one. That means that the Chesapeake system still DOES have preskool. They just are trying their damndest to find all the kids in it "UNelidgible". The testing that is done to "qualify" for services has seen a change in interpretation. It used to be that a child had to fail 25% of the test to qualify. The sity raised it to 50%. And they are REtesting all current preskool kids to try to UNqualify some/most/all of them from services.
In the meantime, a neighboring city (Norfolk), which is by comparison a poorer (in terms of money) system, is erecting billboards advertising to sign your child up for preskool. Aint that a bitch!
The wife told me that teachers, seeing the need that their students have for continued services, have begun to fail some students in certain categories. BY doign this, the students remain ELIDGIBLE for services. SO the teachers are at elast lookign out for the students, even if the admin isn't.
ANYWAYS, appearantly, because we are an "intact" family, are the wrong damn race/color, make entirely too much money, and have taken the time to educate our kid - we are inelidgible. We weren't trying to get rid of the kid. We wrestled long and hard at starting sckool for him at only 3 years old. Many factors played into the decision.
I'm let feelign very bitter that my city has no preschool options for me, other than recommending that we pay to send him to a private preschool. I'm also swelling with pride that, although he has a speech problem, his knowledge is well beyond his 3 years.
An example of the kind of brain power he has - the man showed him a drawn picture of a dog next to a cat. They both had the same styled bowl (shape and design) in front of each of them. Each bowl had the same blob looking amount of food in it. (Like moist food). The man asked which food was the dogs. Logan pointed to both the bowls. The man asked him again, and again he pointed to both bowls. The man asked "Don't you think one bowl is for the cat?", and Logan said no. And I swear, by boy said out loud the exact thing I was thinking ...."Doggie eat food from his bowl, and chase cat away - then eat food from other bowl too". I almost burst out laughing. Not the answer the guy was looking for, but very accurate if you ask me. He asked Logan if he thought that the other bowl belonged to the cat. (BACKGROUND: we have 3 inside cats, and 1 outside dog. We seldom to never feel them moist food, always dry. The cats each have their own bowl, next to each other. We also have a rubbermaid container that we keep the catfood in)
Logan tells the man "We go to Walmart. We buy catfood, and bring home. We dump bag in big plastic box, and use cup to scoop scoop scoop food into cat bowl." Of course, his diction made it hard to understand. The guy just looked at him and said "Ok, I didn't get any of that". So I repeated what Logna had just said, and then explained that my son had just taken him from the point of purchase at Walmart, thru the transportation of the said items, right up the delivery system used to administer the food. AND that he was situationally accurate about that damn dog chasing the cat away and eating it's food.
So, we left the big powwow meeting with the city offering 2 (maybe 3) days of speech therapy, supposively in a group setting, but that he was not qualified for spec ed preskool services.
To give some more info about the spec ed stuff - Chesapeake currently HAS preskool. They have preskool teachers employed. They are desperately trying to get rid of the preskoolers, and lessen the amount PS teachers, so they can save some money. THe only way to get preskool for your kid is to go thru the spec ed department. Mind you, he would not be in a spec ed only preskool. He would be in normal preschool, they they already have, with the remnants of those students who have not been UNqualified by the admins new testing requirments. I don't want anyone to think we were trying to get Logan into a handicapped preskool with severaly disabled/dispordered kids just so get him into school.
THE MONSTER PLAYGROUND
Just put the roof/tarp on it today - the damn thing has become a magnet for birdshit. Gonna have to go the dollar store tomorrow and get a brush strictly for bird shit removal. Still haven't built the remaingin swing section - have to remove a stump in the yard that interferes with the final placement. Pictures to follow soon.
AIKIDO
I passed my first exam. I think I blogged about this already, but it just came to mind. Something neat though, I was able to make customized dvds for the other testing people, using the footage I shot, and my computer. It was a nice suprise to hand them dvd of their tests, each one made just for them.
WORK
I actually had 2 jobs this past weekend. It felt good to perform again - I mean and get paid for it with actual money! 2 magic shows. Now to figure out which bills to pay, before I blow it all on somethign frivilous, like a haircut or a family dinner.
I know there's more to type, just can't think of anything. Off to browse the web. The boy wants to go the the Y tomorrow. Im sure that'll be good for a entry worth reading!
Where to start?
PRESKOOL:
The city we live in has decided that they spend too much money on preschool. Their solution--- get rid of it. That means that the only kids that can get preskool services are special education kids. In the past month, we've had Logan tested by 2 different people, trying to get him into preskool thru the Spec Ed door. The wife is a spec ed teacher, and thought we might have a shot at preskool due to Logan's problem with speech. He has a fantastic vocabulary, but his diction leaves a bit to be desired. Often times (as can be normal in children of 3 yrs old), people don't fully understand what he is saying.
I should mention that the decision to emilinate preskool is a recent one. That means that the Chesapeake system still DOES have preskool. They just are trying their damndest to find all the kids in it "UNelidgible". The testing that is done to "qualify" for services has seen a change in interpretation. It used to be that a child had to fail 25% of the test to qualify. The sity raised it to 50%. And they are REtesting all current preskool kids to try to UNqualify some/most/all of them from services.
In the meantime, a neighboring city (Norfolk), which is by comparison a poorer (in terms of money) system, is erecting billboards advertising to sign your child up for preskool. Aint that a bitch!
The wife told me that teachers, seeing the need that their students have for continued services, have begun to fail some students in certain categories. BY doign this, the students remain ELIDGIBLE for services. SO the teachers are at elast lookign out for the students, even if the admin isn't.
ANYWAYS, appearantly, because we are an "intact" family, are the wrong damn race/color, make entirely too much money, and have taken the time to educate our kid - we are inelidgible. We weren't trying to get rid of the kid. We wrestled long and hard at starting sckool for him at only 3 years old. Many factors played into the decision.
- He indeed has a speech problem that a professional can assist with. I had speech servies in 2nd or 3rd grade cause I pronounced "s" like "th". Houth instead of house.
- Now that Lance is mobile, it would be beneficial to Lance if we (Lance and I) had more one on one time, just like Logan had. I fel bad that Lance has to take a backseat to Logan at times. Ex: Lance doesn't get to walk around the zoo at his own pace, because I have to pick him up and run after Logan. BTW: I've started to fix that problem - we now walk at Lance's pace, and Logan does a shit load of U-turns.
- We both feel that Logan is ready for a different learning environment.
- Logan is HYPER! Perhaps exposure to a preschool environment will better prepare him for a classroom enviroment.
I'm let feelign very bitter that my city has no preschool options for me, other than recommending that we pay to send him to a private preschool. I'm also swelling with pride that, although he has a speech problem, his knowledge is well beyond his 3 years.
An example of the kind of brain power he has - the man showed him a drawn picture of a dog next to a cat. They both had the same styled bowl (shape and design) in front of each of them. Each bowl had the same blob looking amount of food in it. (Like moist food). The man asked which food was the dogs. Logan pointed to both the bowls. The man asked him again, and again he pointed to both bowls. The man asked "Don't you think one bowl is for the cat?", and Logan said no. And I swear, by boy said out loud the exact thing I was thinking ...."Doggie eat food from his bowl, and chase cat away - then eat food from other bowl too". I almost burst out laughing. Not the answer the guy was looking for, but very accurate if you ask me. He asked Logan if he thought that the other bowl belonged to the cat. (BACKGROUND: we have 3 inside cats, and 1 outside dog. We seldom to never feel them moist food, always dry. The cats each have their own bowl, next to each other. We also have a rubbermaid container that we keep the catfood in)
Logan tells the man "We go to Walmart. We buy catfood, and bring home. We dump bag in big plastic box, and use cup to scoop scoop scoop food into cat bowl." Of course, his diction made it hard to understand. The guy just looked at him and said "Ok, I didn't get any of that". So I repeated what Logna had just said, and then explained that my son had just taken him from the point of purchase at Walmart, thru the transportation of the said items, right up the delivery system used to administer the food. AND that he was situationally accurate about that damn dog chasing the cat away and eating it's food.
So, we left the big powwow meeting with the city offering 2 (maybe 3) days of speech therapy, supposively in a group setting, but that he was not qualified for spec ed preskool services.
To give some more info about the spec ed stuff - Chesapeake currently HAS preskool. They have preskool teachers employed. They are desperately trying to get rid of the preskoolers, and lessen the amount PS teachers, so they can save some money. THe only way to get preskool for your kid is to go thru the spec ed department. Mind you, he would not be in a spec ed only preskool. He would be in normal preschool, they they already have, with the remnants of those students who have not been UNqualified by the admins new testing requirments. I don't want anyone to think we were trying to get Logan into a handicapped preskool with severaly disabled/dispordered kids just so get him into school.
THE MONSTER PLAYGROUND
Just put the roof/tarp on it today - the damn thing has become a magnet for birdshit. Gonna have to go the dollar store tomorrow and get a brush strictly for bird shit removal. Still haven't built the remaingin swing section - have to remove a stump in the yard that interferes with the final placement. Pictures to follow soon.
AIKIDO
I passed my first exam. I think I blogged about this already, but it just came to mind. Something neat though, I was able to make customized dvds for the other testing people, using the footage I shot, and my computer. It was a nice suprise to hand them dvd of their tests, each one made just for them.
WORK
I actually had 2 jobs this past weekend. It felt good to perform again - I mean and get paid for it with actual money! 2 magic shows. Now to figure out which bills to pay, before I blow it all on somethign frivilous, like a haircut or a family dinner.
I know there's more to type, just can't think of anything. Off to browse the web. The boy wants to go the the Y tomorrow. Im sure that'll be good for a entry worth reading!
posted by Darth Daddy @ 5/11/2006 11:05:00 PM
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