DDA Chapter 6

[Tammi67]

I just spent the evening at our school PTA meeting. Apparently, the county budget is up for approval and if it isn't approved as it is projected then our school will lose 5 teachers. All schools are slated to lose teachers, our feeder HS will lose 15% of it's teaching staff. Our school superintendent sent over his projected budget- it includes $9 million to convert all of our football fields from grass to Astroturf. Brilliant, let's let the kids lose the wonderful teachers but give the football teams fake grass.

Our school is tiny, total enrollment is about 250 students, and old. If they cut 5 teachers, 4 of those are classroom then the classes will become overcrowded to the point that safety is a big issue. Right now we have 2 4th grade classes, 22 kids in each. One of the teachers up for "excess" is 4th grade. That means 44 kids in one class. And once you start upping the kids to teacher ration test scores drop. I see a lot of phone calls and emails in my future.

Good luck, Robyn. We are having the same problem down here. The school board wants X amount of money and the county is saying there just isn't anymore $$ to give. I'm sure it's the same all over nowadays. 44 kids in one class.......can't happen. Could you imagine being the teacher that gets that class?!?!

 

[Tammi67]

I cancelled Le Cellier and I booked Yachtsman. The CM said "You're going to cancel this? Are you SURE?" Yep. I'm sure.

Bernadette - The thing is, with DS and me flying on miles and DH paying for his ticket trying to coordinate the flights was turning into a huge headache. Even if we wanted to go home early I don't think we could have all gotten on the same flight for much cheaper. And most of the flights available with miles now are connecting, not non-stop. So it's done. We ended up paying about $324 for DH round trip, and we paid $150 to transfer miles from DH to DS, so still under $500 for all 3 of us.

I just talked to my mom. Now the behavior I expected to see is coming out. She didn't call the oncologist today, she hasn't scheduled an OB/GYN appt, she hasn't talked to the social worker at the hospital. She is griping that it is just too inconvenient for her to call these people because she has to WORK, and she can't answer her phone during working hours. I don't know if it is denial or if she feels overwhelmed or what, but she is really letting the balls drop. She said she has been having headaches but she doesn't know which pain relievers she can take. She hasn't gotten the calcium, vitamins, or baby aspirin she is supposed to be taking. (I wanted to go to Sam's and get all of that while I was there, but I didn't have my Sam's card. When she figured out WHY I wanted to go she said no. But I also didn't have my debit card or any checks so I wouldn't have been able to pay for the stuff, and that was my whole intent. )
I understand that having cancer could easily become a full-time job in itself, but the thing is, she HAS to take care of herself! She prefers to avoid unpleasant things, like getting divorced, or moving from her house, or completing her tax returns. But avoiding these calls is going to have a VERY bad outcome. DH said I can get mad at her all I want, she won't budge. And he is right. Because this is how she gets.

 

[tinknme]

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[PNO4TE]

Jen - glad the interview went well!

Vicki - good luck at your meeting tomorrow. I am so glad you had the opportunity to vent today.

Elizabeth - I hope you can get better answers from your Mom and her doctors.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I was just reading about uterine fibroids. I am thinking the CT will give them a pretty good look at whatever is in there. Armed with those results my mom should be able to get into the OB/GYN pretty quickly. If she is so inclined.

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Thanks, Janet.

Robyn - Sorry - I made a typo. It is MRSA. I was on hold with Dining and I was typing with one hand.

No problem, I found it!

Thanks Elin! She seems herself tonight. I don't think I ever commented on your reply about Mo's cavities. I called back to the dentist and they told me that they filled 5 separate teeth. So I have no idea where the miscommunication came from.

Our HS baseball team is always trying to raise money for stuff. I don't really know how they determine who pays for what.

I know there is a proposal right now that would realign the zones for the middle schools. They would offload a bunch of kids into DS's school, putting it at 115% capacity or some insane # like that. The school they would pull the kids from would go to 65% capacity. Who designs these plans? Chimpanzees? It seems like it puts the high school way over capacity, too. I can't remember exactly. I should see if I saved the e-mail.

We have an elementary school that was just built in the last 4 years, because the old school was too small for the growing community. Well guess what- they are building hundreds of new homes in that school's area. It is at capacity now. What's gonna happen then the new homes are filled?

Our county combined my HS with our rival HS when I was in 11th grade. Our school was a MS/HS combo (7th -12th grades) and small. So by combining the 2 we got a lot of curriculum advantages that we wouldn't have had otherwise. It was feared to be a bad move back when it was in the planning stages but overall it worked out well.

 

[PNO4TE]

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[PNO4TE]

Good night, friends! I have a 7:30 dental appointment in the morning! See you after that.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good night, Elin! Good luck at the dentist!

Robyn - I don't know WHY they want to put us over capacity and decrease the other school. I don't think I ever read the reasoning behind it, so there might not actually be any logic to it.

 

[my3princes]

We had to sign a note at the beginning of the year stating the the child could have tylenol as needed. You could also supply something like Motrin with a note stating they could have it as needed. That is the only way that the kids can have drugs anymore. It has to be in writing!

We had to sign a form at the beginning of the school year outlining what meds we were comfortable with the school nurse giving out. It covered pain relievers, antacids and cough drops. The nurse is usually good about calling if she gives the boys anything.

I have read everyword, and it took me a couple of hours to wade through. It seems that you all have been chatty.

Hunter has been home sick the last 2 days. Sore throat, cold and cough. He was feeling better tonight so hopefully he will be back to school tomorrow. Nick got off the bus complaining of a tummy ache so now we'll have to see how that progresses. Everyone in my brother's house is ill so I'm not awfully hopeful that we won't all be sick.

 

[my3princes]

My days seem to be never ending. Yesterday I managed to get Nick's room painted a 3rd time. I got it cleaned up and with the help of Chris and my Dad we got the hall floor laid as well as Nick's floor. Chris and I finished up at 11 PM last night. Dad was here at 7:30 this morning. He helped me cut the baseboard moldings for Nick's room and hall then we laid the floor in the entry. He left and I went out on the deck and painted all of Nick's molding and started painting his closet doors. I had to leave for work, but my Dad came back and secured the molding in Nick's room. Chris painted the closet doors when he got home (the need a second coat though). I got out of work very early as we were very slow at work and I was ansty having so much to do. I ran to Home Depot, Bj's and the mattress store. I got Nick a new bed frame and box spring. I came home to Chris working on the trim around the closet with some BIG mistakes on my blue paint I was and still am pretty mad. Apparently the tape wouldn't stay stuck so he tried to freehand with a big brush Now I will have to touch up his messes and do it myself tomorrow. I keep threatening to quite my job just to stay home and babysit the house progress. I really want to delegate jobs, but so far it has all come back to bite me in the butt. There were other little things tonight, I really love the man, but sometimes he drives me crazy. Rant over.

Tomorrow Colby has an 1 1/2 hour speech eval then I will try to get more done in Nick's room. I really want to put it back together. Then we need to reorganize the mess as I can't stand how bad the house looks and the fact that I can't find ANYTHING. Since this seems to be moving so slowly we will have disorganization for another month or so. I need some sort of normalcy.

and to everyone as it seems we can all use some.

 

[ReAnSt]

Today I had a long day at work. I was at the elementary school in the morning and afternoon and then to the office and then at a different elementary school at night.

So both of my assignments which are due by midnight are done. I almost thought they were not going to be, as while I was working on two separate files somebody accidentally hit a ground fault switch on one of the outlets, turning off the computer and losing parts of both files. Then the computer would not turn back on again at all. It finally decided to go back on and work.

So i quickly retyped enough for both and submitted. I am hoping that I receive a total of at least 86 points between the two assignments then I have an A in the class and can be done with the class. YAAAAAAAA

Night all

 

[Tammi67]

Deb - I hope Hunter is feeling better this morning.

Becky - for an 86. At least it's done!

Anne Marie - you are in the single digits now!!!

Elin - for an easy time in the dental chair.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning!

 

[UP Disney]

Good Morning.

Tammi, what in the world were you doing at 4:30 in the morning? Is that normal for you?

ETA: Oh, I see DIS time is way off. It is currently 6:22am in Lansing. How long has that been going on?

 

[Blueeyes101817]

good morning...have a great wednesday!

 

[mommykds]

Yea! Single digit dance!!!

Deb,
for Hunter & Nick to feel better. You are doing so much at home I hope you are taking care of yourself otherwise your going to explode. I can't wait to see the pictures when everything is completed.

Elizabeth,
My mom cannot be told what to do either..I sypathize with you.

Elin,
Good luck at the dentist.

Robyn,
Unreal!!!!

Becky,
Congrats on the grade!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Deb - I hope Hunter is feeling better this morning.

Becky - for an 86. At least it's done!

Anne Marie - you are in the single digits now!!!

Elin - for an easy time in the dental chair.

What a good post for me to ditto!!

Princess has school today, and I have a check-up with my "regular" Dr. Not to be confused with the OB/GYN with the questionable billing practices.

Chat with you all later!

 

[tinknme]

I am going to ditto, Thank you Tammi!

Deb - I hope Hunter is feeling better this morning.

Becky - for an 86. At least it's done!

Anne Marie - you are in the single digits now!!!

Elin - for an easy time in the dental chair.

 

[tinknme]

Good morning