Pre-school

Rhys goes to pre-school three afternoons a week. Starting, hopefully, next week, that will be four days a week. Rhys is special needs, and so, has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) to help him in the areas he needs work. The goal is to get him normalized before he starts school.

He is in a class with a couple of other special needs kids and a nine regular students. There are a couple of different specialists who rotate through the class, and a couple of aids to help out the teacher.

We have been trying to get the school district to provide transportation, at least one way, for several weeks. As it stands, Tracy has to leave work at lunch, drive back to Parker, pick him up at day care, take him to pre-school, then drive back to work. This has been affecting her ability to do her job as well as making for some long days. I have to get up at 0430 to be at work before six so that I can leave early enough to pick him up.

Today we got word that they have agreed to transpo the little monkey. It may start as soon as next week. This is good for three reasons. One, it means that he can go four days instead of three. We just couldn't to the transpo on four days. Two, Tracy doesn't have to sneak out of work any more. Three, Tracy may be able to pick him up some days, meaning that if I have to work late he can still go to school.

I had not realized how much this was weighing on me until we got the good news. It was a huge weight off of my shoulders.