My day . . .

Got up and all that stuff . . .

Took Willie to school -- delivered box of materials to his junior high - Made high school visit -- looking for funding for a new day school program for students short on graduation requirements -- also met with counselor there about a new student who hasn't been in public school since 7th grade but has taken classes at SLCC - Made a junior high visit -- counselor just returned from FML (new baby), wanted to make sure she was transitioning back to work okay - Another junior high visit -- gave kudos to a new counselor who helped out with a shopping event for needy students sponsored by the Assistance League of Salt Lake -- one of the league members e-mailed me about how impressed she was with this particular counselor - Made in-building office visits -- trying to track down October 1 enrollment counts -- while doing so heard good news and sad (twins born to colleague's daughter, colleague's wife passed away -- long time battle with cancer) --Checked-in with Karl about Willie's ortho appointment - Attended brown bag meeting -- discussion on Response to Intervention -- perhaps a solution to long overdue school reform -Participated in conference call -- ACTE Legislative Committee -- update on bills and issues in Congress that impact education - Took a parent call -- mother trying to get her emotionally damaged student back into high school -- he wanted to drop out earlier in the month, but now wants back in -- facilitated re-enrollment - Took a call from a junior high counselor who had a student in her office who had done some cutting on her wrists in the locker room during PE class -- the counselor had never had this kind of situation -- I walked her through the process of what to do -- she called back later to report that the student was in the care of her parents --Went home to family -- Annie and the kidlets and Parker were there in addition to Karl and Willie -- nice surprise -- Willie's teeth hurt --Haley came by for piano lessons -- 3 students tonight - Karl has been painting all day -- he is doing a nice job --Headed to Wendy's -- to get something quick for dinner -- the kitchen is a mess --Homework time -- Willie is a good student --Got a call from Haley -- she reported a WVC Resource Officer assigned to a local high school was arrested for bad stuff --Checked-in with the grandparents - Caught up on blogging --Going to bed soon!