Some days............

[WV_mom_of2]

UGH! It is DEFINITELY a Monday LOL.

I don't ask for much. I'm a pretty laid back person and I really try to be patient and give people the benefit of the doubt. I hate to cause a fuss over things, etc. It takes A LOT to push my buttons. I'm a doormat LOL.

But mess with my kids and oh boy.......

My dd is a junior in high school. She is very smart, funny, etc. and such a good kid. She helps around the house, helps her brother with his homework, works an after school job, etc. She is an honor student who has been a member of National Junior Honor Society and the National Honor Society(middle and then high school). She take Honors and Ap courses and is college bound. She wants to be a teacher.

We got a letter from the high school last week, I think on Tuesday. It stated that the third trimester is starting and every child has been given a 15 minute appointment with their counselor. During this time they would get their schedule, go over it and make changes and make sure they are still on the same career pathway they chose at the beginning of high school. Then it goes on to say that their schedule must be approved and signed by a parent. If you can come during your child's time that's fine. If not they will bring the paper home and you sign it and send it back. My dd's appointment was March 11 at 1:30. I already had plans and it's a 40 minute drive to the high school. She told me she didn't need me for that, she knew what classes she needed and it was dumb for me to drive that far for 15 minutes(her words not mine LOL). The letter doesn NOT say parents must show up for the child to be seen. The parent part is an after thought at the end of the letter. It says the student will be seen at their appointed time.

Well the 11th came and they skipped her! She got her new schedule and it's all screwed up. They moved from Honors English to basic English. They gave her another music class that she does NOT need. She put in for a schedule change the day she got her schedule. Still nothing.

Everyone here tells me they won't make a change unless I call and raise heck. So on Friday I start calling. The counselor won't pick up her phone! The secretary gives her THREE messages from me, explains what I want and tells her dd's schedule needs to be changed NOW. She's getting behind in her classes. NOTHING! No return call, nothing.

So I call this morning. She's out SICK today! Great! Now she's going to be behind on the appointments even more and dd may not get called in all week! I ask the secretary, can the other counselor fix it? Probably not. She does 9th and 10th grade. Can a principal fix it? Dd knows what classes she needs and when. She just needs someone to ok it. Probably not. Secretary says "pray she comes back tomorrow. I'll leave her another message and you start calling at 8am".

So I call the assistant principal.

Why did they skip over her?

Me- I have no idea, I wasn't theree

Hmmmmmmmm why did they move her from Honors English to the basic??

Me-I have no idea

Has she already had a full credit of 11th grade Honors English?

Me- She's a SMART kid. She would know if she had already had a full year of the class

Well maybe it's possible that she doesn't need Honors English this trimester

Me- YES she does need it! She's college bound. Why take her down a level to basic English when you just told me you are looking at her record and she's always had the Honors and AP classes? She NEEDS the Honors course because it's harder and will better prepare her for college (DUH!!) She also needs to finish it THIS year because she plans to take Senior AP English next year! She won't get a credit until she finishes it and that will mean that next year she will have to take the second half of it PLUS the Senior AP English too! (she also needs other things for college, not another music credit that she doesn't need)

So she sends the counselor an email and tells her to get dd called in the minute she gets back and fix it. If she isn't in tomorrow she will ask the other counselor to fix it. Why NOT just ask her to fix it NOW?

So dd is now 5 days out of her Honors English class and will have to make up all that work! I will be calling in the morning and if the counselor isn't back SOMEONE is going to fix that schedule if I have to drive all the way down there and do it myself!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

[knitnmom]

Ohhhh, I'm mad for you!! That is absolutely ridiculous!!

[lvngwell]

I feel your pain. My daughters principal knew me by first name we had so many "conversations" of the "you need to fix this screw up" kind. Stick to your gins - you will get it fixed!

[mamamia]

What a mess! Your DD must be upset too (UGH)!

But now take a DEEP breathe WV, and try to relax. I can tell you're the type of Mom to uhm..get things straight? You'll get to the bottom of this, no doubt!

Theresa

[Thevail]

What has always killed me about these kinds of idiocy at school...is that if the kid had messed up that bad..it would seriously affect their grade.

Just imagine if your kid's mid-term project was handled that badly..

But it's OK for school staff to let the "details" slide and it's "no big deal".

[pop goes the weasel]

Our high school is known for this kind of thng. You can never get in touch with anyone. and rarely get a call back. One nice thing we can pull up the courses and credits for the next year on the computer and submit them that way. Now if I could just figure out what some of them are lol.