First Week
I have lots of thoughts.
First. The district told us our cap would be 22 for Kindergarten. I’m currently sitting at 24 anticipating the 25th on Monday. 1 is in foster care and had a visit yesterday with bio parents. Foster Mom told me after every visit there’s a behavior regression. As someone who worked in a DHS shelter as a college kid it’s something I’m familiar with first hand. This student told me yesterday he was excited to go home because we was going to get to see his Mom and Dad. Today there was a definite regression. I also had a brother of a student I had last year (who is diagnosed with having RAD) sneakily added to my class. These 2 alone take a lot of resources and now I’m loaded up with even more kids. Not to mention my 2 kids that act like they’re being brought to school to be murdered or my other 2 who cry on and off all day...
It’s just made for a very long week. Plus my own little munchkin has his first daycare cold and he’s transitioning from a 2 nap schedule to a 1 nap schedule since he’s in the 1 year old room despite only being just over 11 months. The teacher mama in me asked for him to start in the 1 year old room so when he turns 1 he won’t have to move rooms. However-because of this he’s been coming home exhausted in the evenings which has brought about early bedtimes.
Also-our district has this policy called “equalization” where supposedly it’s implemented to ensure that all of the classes across the grade levels and home districts have the same amount of students in each class or close to it. However, my elementary school is the largest so we become the overflow school. There is a way we can see if the student truly belongs to our school home district or if they’ve been “equalized” from another district. 5 of my 25 have been equalized from other schools. 7 of my co-teachers kids belong to other districts. These schools do not necessarily have the same numbers we do. We know because we’ve checked. It’s just frustrating to be in this situation and to know that it’s not developmentally appropriate and that if anything it’s increasingly detrimental to ALL of my students foundational education.
Anyway. The week is over. I’m exhausted. I’m glad I get to recharge prior to next week.
