So there's this parent with her two girls who are on my caseload...the oldest girl is a senior and I'm not sure she's even going to graduate because she continually has had an F in one of her required English courses this semester. (Oh and she recently turned 18 and moved out.) The other girl is a sophomore and mid-way in February, after having missed most of the 3rd quarter due to whatever "medical issues" she has, withdrew to go to the online school. Well, apparently THAT didn't work out. She barely did any work and ended up re-enrolling at my school on April 17th (with less than 5 weeks of school left). It was ridiculous and I let the mother know that I didn't think it was the best idea. BUT! mom let daughter make the executive decision (that's the nature of the relationship) and here we are.
One of the reasons the girl wanted to come back is that she thought that in coming back, she wouldn't be behind in credits. Well, that's not true...she still needs to pass the English and history classes that she's enrolled in with us for the online credit recovery and apparently she hasn't been doing shit in there. She's got a credit recovery class, a regular study hall and a special ed study hall and still she's done very little. Yesterday she came in and asked me if she HAD to work on it in my class. I told her that if she has any down time, she should work on it so she could get it done and not have to worry about it. I then told her that I would be happy to help her. She proceeded to get a computer, sit all by herself and stew while apparently emailing her mother lies about me.
Fast forward to the end of the day. I get an email from my VP telling me I should call the mother because she called him and told him that her daughter told her I was refusing to help her. ON NO SHE FUCKING DIDN'T!!! So rather than calling because I this mother is a pain in the ass, it was the end of the day and I wasn't staying after, and I wanted to take care of this ASAP I emailed. I basically said: "I'm hearing that your daughter told you I'm refusing to help her. That is absolutely untrue." I then told her exactly what happened in my room today and said, "Hope this clears up any confusion and miscommunication there was." I will not be lied about, that's for sure.
Her email back to me was paragraphs long going on and on about shit that is irrelevant (regarding other teachers and her other daughter and shit that only drama filled assholes feel the need to spew). In the end, however, she's wants her daughter to work in the office for the rest of the year, instead of my room - PERFECT!!! And, she wants her daughter on another teachers caseload for the last two years at the high school. YES!!! I mean, a better outcome couldn't have been hoped for! My response to her will be, "Sounds good. I will make it happen. Have a great summer!" And then I'll put a little dancing emoji on it. (No...I won't do that but God I wish I could!)
I mean - and I'm not kidding - this makes for a perfect end to my week! A perfect way to start a Friday! WOOT!
And on that note - well, I really don't need to go because I'm leaving late today. I have a dentist's appointment after school so Jim has to be home early which means he needs to be at work early (he's already gone...left around 5;30) and I want to give the boys as much time out as possible. However, I think I'll go finish getting ready and sit and watch the news. Or one of my shows in DVR. Sip some coffee...revel in the fact that I don't need to deal with that pain in the ass anymore! Oh, and I got the nicest gift card from my unstable kid's parents yesterday.
Anyway - happy Friday! Later!
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