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I've been documenting, data collecting, idea sharing, e-mailing, and phone calling for weeks now. That's how I spend my morning time. I finally got in touch with a superb advocate. She knows her stuff and she recently spent an hour on the phone with me. She's got a clear picture of what our situation is and what we want for our son. For the last nine weeks, my whole day has been nothing but Kindergarten. I'm exhausted! I never know if the phone is going to ring to come and get him at the Nurse's office. I've had (3) of these calls in nine weeks! I panic when I see the school number on my cell phone. When I answered it earlier this week, thankfully it was only his ST at school wanting to know if we wanted to reschedule due to her being unable to attend our upcoming IEP meeting. We are going to reschedule. I want EVERYONE there. Because I'm bringing my advocate, the District will have a rep there as well. Finally, we might be able to get more services for him. I won't back down. If this doesn't work, we will go for Due Process. I'm willing to do whatever it takes. The amount of make-up work he brings home is insane for a special needs kiddo. The addendum draft is a work in progress. It just isn't specific enough. I know this is a process, but now I'm tired of being patient and waiting. Tristyn has been telling us that he doesn't want to go to school and he tends to wander into the other Kinder teachers' classrooms. One of them has mostly ELL students. At this point and with our Spanish last name, I am so tempted to put some self tanner on his skin, change his ethnicity, and send him on in! He just hasn't connected well with his current teacher. I sure hope that can change soon. In other news, I signed both boys up for swim lessons. They already know how to swim, but they will learn all four strokes. If they still enjoy it, there is a swim team that starts up in the Spring and goes through Summer. Secretly, we are hoping that this is the sport they will go to. I finally had my evaluation today. It's been rescheduled twice and now, it's over. The AP even stayed after to comment on what he saw and liked. He told me that he enjoyed my class! I wonder if he knows we share an alma mater? Brownie points? My post-eval is after Fall Break. I know I'll get marks of "proficient," but it would be great to get "distinguished." I need a good eval to carry with me to my next school district. I'll be looking at another RIF situation next year due to lack of interest and budget cuts.