Ciara woke up with the boys this morning. It was nice to get started at our normal time because I had a meeting with the elementary school principle at 10:30. We were meeting to discuss Ciara's return to school next week. The principle, Johanna Cena, is very understanding. I think that she really gets Ciara's situation, but she also has to comply with whatever conditions the director has set.
Ciara will be going back into grade 5, but with a new teacher, Ms Natalie. The class size is a bit smaller, currently 17 kids and Johanna mentioned that about half of the kids are new to the school this year. It will be good for Ciara to start with a new teacher and new students. Hopefully she will feel less embarrassed because very few students will know who she is. We also discussed a reduced schedule and settled on Ciara coming home Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:35, just before lunch. This way, she can continue to do Discovery with Verina every Monday and Wednesday afternoon.
Hopefully the reduced schedule will also help Ciara to not get overwhelmed when she goes back to school. In any case, Johanna decided that it would be better for Ciara to start on Wednesday the 22nd of Oct. instead of the Monday. This way, her first day back to school will be a half day, Thursday will be a full day, and then on Friday the 24th there is no school (it's a staff development day and also Ciara's birthday, how nice!) Ciara's start date has changed at least 3 times already, we'll see if this new date actually sticks.
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