You can't have everything, where would you put it?

[ClingingToHope]

Well, both the sixth grader and third grader are failing math.

D11 simply hasn't turned in enough assignments. Everything she's turned in scored 75 percent or better. So it's an organizational thing with her. I'm limited in what I can do. I looked at the dates, none of the missing assignments are from nights I had her.

D8 ... is interesting. The teacher and two social workers met with me and showed me her marks, which are still really +/- things. She's getting a minus in things such as focus and working independently.

I asked them if they knew D8's background from her prior grades. They said no. This goes back to the IEPs. This marks the third straight year the teacher and staff did not read the IEP from the prior year.

So I ran through D8's struggles from kindergarten through second grade, how she spent most of 1st grade working one-on-one in a room away from the general classroom and then spent much of last year in a special program with just six kids and then with a full-time aide in the general classroom.

So this is the first year she hasn't had her own aide to keep her on track and she's back to having to follow rules meant for a larger group.

They also didn't realize the age issue. D8 is a late July baby, meaning she is usually the youngest in her class, which adds to the issues she already has.

She's really a tweener. She's smart enough for the grade she's in but not emotionally ready. It's why she always gravitates toward younger kids and she usually makes tremendous progress in the second half of the year.

I've long wanted to hold her back, but each year she manages to do well enough for the teachers to say she'd be bored being held back.

When the meeting was over the teachers and social workers and I were talking about, all things considered, how well she's doing. She hasn't had a screaming, kicking, spitting fit yet and hasn't made one trip to the office.

She lived in the principal's office in first and second grade and had several incidents last year where she had to be restrained.

Church growth group first fall meeting was last night and I managed to get over there for most of it after the parent-teacher meetings.

I'm sick so I didn't want to get too many sick. Church_31 is running the group now and she's really coming into her own. You can see her confidence growing and she brought in several new people. There were 17 there last night.

I sat next to church_35, the one I asked to the birthday party. After, we talked. She said her bachelorette party was a lot of fun. And I told her about the birthday party. I'll see her next weekend at a growth group bonfire at a farm south of here. It's kid friendly so I'm bringing the girls.

The weekend after that I'm moving into the new house, but I'll have that Saturday night free. I'm going to look around for a fun event to go to and ask her out again.

Others were asking what's going on with the D and I said I didn't know. I haven't heard anything now in seven weeks. There's a meeting set for Oct. 19 and I guess I'll get an update then.

A coworker who bikes past "the house" also said the "For Sale" signs are gone. I know there have been no visits and I don't believe any offers. I don't know what's next with that situation.