Kitten enters second grade in just a couple of weeks. Hard to believe.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
Heck, even the lady who was running her Brownie troop has moved; not sure what’s going to happen there, either.<\/p>\n
All is higgledy-piggledy — the center cannot hold …<\/p>\n
But Kitten progresses with sublime confidence, and a personality and cognition that has matured even over the summer months. She shall prevail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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