Kid Drama

Well, we had to have our first episode sooner or later.

We successfully placed Aly in the 7th grade at Boonville Middle School. She had completed the 5th grade in Virginia in the Gifted and Talented (GT) program. Essentially, she had completed 6th grade work and had moved on to 7th. When we spoke with her counselor during enrollment, he indicated that the would put her in 7th, pending a conversation with her Virginia teacher (who didn't report to work until after Labor Day). We were told that the equivalent of GT in Indiana is "Excel" classes, but that there is no 6th grade Excel. So the option is 6th or 7th and we put her in 7th.

Well, today he calls to say "good news! She can go right into 6th Excel with no testing." Huh? I asked if he had talked to her 7th grade teachers, and he said yes, that they were sad to see her go. In fact, her math teacher said Aly was the best student she'd had in a very long time and she liked to use Aly's insight in working problems to help the other kids in the class. When I asked about keeping her in 7th, he mumbled about "the law." Um, dude, there is no law. We'll be fighting this, to keep her in 7th, where she's doing so well.

Separately, Aly had to come home due to yet another infestation of head lice. You know how some people just get attacked by mosquitos or fleas? This girl's got it for lice.

In other news, Zak called from school with a migraine and Mike and I both missed the calls. My mom finally got ahold of Mike. Poor Zak threw up all the way through town and laid on the floor of the bathroom for two hours before he could sleep.

So, things must be totally normal for the Edwards family. We're assimilated.