In a funk -- anyone else want to vent?

Anlo

With an upcoming case conference, 1 year follow-up from the team who diagnosed DS, potty training that's going at a snail's pace, and H who is somewhat detached lately, I have a bad case of the blahs.

ToastieSimons

That was me yesterday.  DH and I got in a fight before bed about him leaving for a class he's taking.  They have to go to this "retreat" 2 times a year for 3 days and I've never been overnight alone with DS. I'm 24 weeks pregnant and it's the first weekend our house will be on the market.  I'm stressed out and then DH says "I can't meet my friends for lunch that day, It will probably only take an extra hour or two".  I lost it.  At the thought of being alone for 7 days straight with DS and then him not coming home till super late and me never getting a break, I broke down crying.

The good news is, the days come and go. Today has been a much better day, so I hope your tomorrow is much better too! 

torrey111

-auntie-:

My friend got lied to by her district.

She has an 8th grade son with HFA who is very bright, talented and passionate about math. This is a kid who does CYT for math camp every summer and is taking geometry as a junior high kid. He loves math but probably isn't a true genius. He's quite asocial and his mom was anxious that he needed a smaller program based on math to be happy and safe in high school. They've been planning for him to attand a smaller magnet school for math and science students since about 2nd grade. This school touts a mission plan of serving the child who is passionate about math and science. Mom drank the Kool-Aid. And then he wasn't accepted by his first choice STEM magnet program. 

Seems the testing included a self reflective essay as well as math and language portions (much like the SAT). 600 was an automatic acceptance; the school accepts all 600+ and then up to 3 top performers from each junior high. He was #5 with a composite 557. His math was perfect, but he tanked in writing. They're looking for the same well rounded kids that'll produce stellar SAT scores as everyone else. It's sad; this kid isn't going to thrive in a large suburban mega-school.

The testing?  I didn't know magnets and charters tested for acceptance.  Isn't it most often times a lottery?  If a magnet/charter is a public school, how can they do this?