Back to School!

My kids went back to school this week.  Erik is in 1st grade and Lainey is in kindergarten.  So far so good!  They both seem happy with their teachers.  No significant anxiety or worries.  Erik actually has 2 full time aides in his class.  One is there to help with 2 high need kids, the other one is part of a negotiation his teacher made with the administrators.  She used to teach kindergarten, they needed an extra first grade teacher so she said she would if she was able to keep her aide who has been with her for many years.

The budget has been an issue for our district this year.  So they cut a kindergarten position - 6 classes last year, 5 this year.   Enrollment is up though - 825 kids in our K-5 elementary school.  Last year, Erik only had 19 kids in his kindergarten class.  Lainey has 25.  All of the kindergarten teachers have a full time aide in the room though so I don't think it's too bad.

I will miss my two big kids this year but am happy they are off to a good start.

 Carson will be going to preschool on T/H mornings for 2.5 hours.

I'm nervous about this because I don't really want to be away from him 

any more than I already am for work.

But I think he will enjoy it!

He is very excited about the backpack!