Kitten enters second grade in just a couple of weeks. Hard to believe.
It’s going to be a bit different of a school. Her first grade teacher is no longer there — shuffles in the grade demographics as the school district slowly contracts. Her speech therapy teacher has left, which is a real shame — I suspect because funding has reduced hours for such things (see above), which may be reflected in other support/”bonus” educational things in the next year or two, like music and art. Her principal from the last two years is also gone — promoted, in this case, to a district job on primary education, which is a good thing from a meta standpoint, but a shame for the school (a new interim principal has been named who sounds good; actual interviews and hiring will occur
Heck, even the lady who was running her Brownie troop has moved; not sure what’s going to happen there, either.
All is higgledy-piggledy — the center cannot hold …
But Kitten progresses with sublime confidence, and a personality and cognition that has matured even over the summer months. She shall prevail.