Erin, Erin!

A lot is new with Erin.

First of all, we went to the meeting with her principal last week, and found that she will be repeating first grade next year. They really don't want to do any testing on her for her learning disability or her language delay. The principal said straight-up, "From what I can see here, this child does not have special needs." We'll see how this goes. They said they have 22 kids to a class. That's way too many for Erin to succeed, so hopefully we'll be able to talk them into testing her later in the year, and then doing what actually works, which is to give her a small group and supplemental tutoring. I told the principal that when Erin was given those things, she was on track to be on grade level by the end of the year. IT WORKS. I don't think she was buying it, though. We'll just keep pushing, though... at least it's not the public schools. This school is English-only, and that alone is a huge step up.

Oh, and school starts the Tuesday following Labor Day. We've got the entire month to get her uniforms (and we found out where to order them) and her school supplies (the list is long, but not demeaningly so like the public schools), and for them to finish building the school.

Otherwise, Erin lost her first top tooth today! I can't believe it! That makes 3 teeth in a month's time! The Florida tooth fairy gave her a big raise (in the words of our friend Diaz, "Inflation's a bitch.") so the West Texas tooth fairy will have to see what's up, because I have a feeling this $1 crap isn't going to fly anymore in this house!

So that's what's up with Erin.