So one of the many things that I have been stressing, one of the biggest contributors to my stresses lately, has been whether or not the girls would be accepted into their first choice schools for next year.
Marian applied to Ga Connections Academy and Clara applied to Impact. We have been going round and round with GC over documents and forms being the right ones, or filled out properly, state tests scores not being in yet, etc...
Impact was just stressing me out because I know so many people are trying to get in there and their cap was very low. So when we hadn't heard back by the date they had originally said, I was freaking out. I'm not even gonna lie, I was a nervous wreck. LOL
In the past two days, we have gotten an acceptance letter for both girls! They are both in their preferred schools for next school year!! :D
Kat is going to be going to a school we already know we love, so we are good as far as she goes. (I hope anyway. We are new to the whole ADHD thing.)
We did allow her to choose not to continue going to her Preschool though. When she left her original Preschool, she was thriving, she was doing wonderfully. She had had a few sketchy run ins with a little boy that was terrorizing the class, including the head teacher, (who eventually had to leave due to her director not backing her when it came time to talk to this child's parents), so we took her out of that school not wanting her to end up hurt by that little boy and not protected by the director. (He ended up running a few more kids out of the school for the same thing and worse, and was still protected by administration.)
But anyway, when she started at the new school, she started going downhill. Her ADHD got much worse, she started wetting herself and soiling herself as well, after being fully potty trained for 3 whole years with zero accidents ever. She started getting depressed and more irritable. She started having worse night terrors and her self esteem started suffering badly. She comes home upset constantly, telling us how the teachers were being mean to her, yelling at her, calling her names, saying mean or bad things about her, punishing her for stupid things, and how they would do nothing when the other kids were picking on her or hurting her. I have witnessed a few incidents myself and so has Johnnie. This morning, we were eating breakfast and Pawpaw said to her, "Boy, you really tore that up" or something to that extent, talking about how well she ate her food. She hug her head and said, "that's what my teachers always tell me, "You're a nasty eater Kathryn!" That was it for me. I told her right then and there, if she didn't want to go back to that school, she didn't have to. Now I know that most people will say that we need to make her stick it out and that we aren't doing her any good by letting her leave, but this is my baby, and she's only 5 years old. She has endured enough from this school and it's faculty to make her almost completely regress on her potty training of 3 years, she has suffered personality changes that are significant and it's just not worth it. She is not required to do Pre-K, as I had wrongfully thought prior, so it's not a big deal. I will take the rest of this year and this summer to try to build her up and get her ready for Kindergarten myself. I want her to be happy and secure again. She definitely doesn't need to be let down or be disappointed by people she trusts and/or depends on anymore. She's had enough of that already in her short little life. Time for her to be happy and healthy and time for her to thrive again.
We went today to get her address affidavit for our County and were told we'd have to come back May 2. So we had a tiny little set back, but we will get it done and she will be ready for next school year. I hope I can get her excited about school again, like she was at her previous Pre-K. Please keep her in your prayers as she makes this transition. She's not really good with change.
In the past two days, we have gotten an acceptance letter for both girls! They are both in their preferred schools for next school year!! :D
Kat is going to be going to a school we already know we love, so we are good as far as she goes. (I hope anyway. We are new to the whole ADHD thing.)
We did allow her to choose not to continue going to her Preschool though. When she left her original Preschool, she was thriving, she was doing wonderfully. She had had a few sketchy run ins with a little boy that was terrorizing the class, including the head teacher, (who eventually had to leave due to her director not backing her when it came time to talk to this child's parents), so we took her out of that school not wanting her to end up hurt by that little boy and not protected by the director. (He ended up running a few more kids out of the school for the same thing and worse, and was still protected by administration.)
But anyway, when she started at the new school, she started going downhill. Her ADHD got much worse, she started wetting herself and soiling herself as well, after being fully potty trained for 3 whole years with zero accidents ever. She started getting depressed and more irritable. She started having worse night terrors and her self esteem started suffering badly. She comes home upset constantly, telling us how the teachers were being mean to her, yelling at her, calling her names, saying mean or bad things about her, punishing her for stupid things, and how they would do nothing when the other kids were picking on her or hurting her. I have witnessed a few incidents myself and so has Johnnie. This morning, we were eating breakfast and Pawpaw said to her, "Boy, you really tore that up" or something to that extent, talking about how well she ate her food. She hug her head and said, "that's what my teachers always tell me, "You're a nasty eater Kathryn!" That was it for me. I told her right then and there, if she didn't want to go back to that school, she didn't have to. Now I know that most people will say that we need to make her stick it out and that we aren't doing her any good by letting her leave, but this is my baby, and she's only 5 years old. She has endured enough from this school and it's faculty to make her almost completely regress on her potty training of 3 years, she has suffered personality changes that are significant and it's just not worth it. She is not required to do Pre-K, as I had wrongfully thought prior, so it's not a big deal. I will take the rest of this year and this summer to try to build her up and get her ready for Kindergarten myself. I want her to be happy and secure again. She definitely doesn't need to be let down or be disappointed by people she trusts and/or depends on anymore. She's had enough of that already in her short little life. Time for her to be happy and healthy and time for her to thrive again.
We went today to get her address affidavit for our County and were told we'd have to come back May 2. So we had a tiny little set back, but we will get it done and she will be ready for next school year. I hope I can get her excited about school again, like she was at her previous Pre-K. Please keep her in your prayers as she makes this transition. She's not really good with change.
Next year is going to be great.
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