Our school psychologist, one of the many people who helped make the decision on David’s placement, stopped by today after the children left to see how things were going.  It was a rough morning, of course, with Nan having to give David and Max all of her attention and skills.  She was amazing, and they made it through, but David threw ...

Every day, at the end of our morning together, my class stands up and holds hands in a circle, and sings the “School Family Song,” to the tune of “You are my Sunshine.” You are my family, my school family, I feel happy when you are here, I hope you know, friends, How much I love you, When we’re ...

I stopped by today — the first time I’ve ever been to my classroom in the middle of summer, and all my furniture was piled up in the hall by my cubbies.  I went inside and it was completely empty, except for all the dust bunnies.  And the tech guy who is currently installing my videodata [...]

Things are looking up.  Finally. After my not-so-great last day of school, I had a not-so-great last day for teachers.  My children came to work with me, and I thought they might be helpful, but instead they were bored and underfoot.  I tried to keep them busy and slogged away at taking things down, cleaning, organizing, [...]