**This is in NO way meant for bashing CAS, they are great.. when needed**
Ever have someone you THOUGHT communication was open with? like, your kids school principal perhaps? Yeah, me too.
I was involved in the school--very much so actually
I went to school meetings, helped at school events, I even volunteered Ryders Dad to help with events AFTER we had already broken up, and, he was a good sport, and showed up to help,
I made lighted glass blocks for the school, and went shopping OUT of town to buy the stuff, using my OWN gas money for the stuff, and spent MY time making them, and, then my daughter and I helped at the sale, she had fun counting money, Me, I could have been doing a MILLION other things that would have been more exciting, yet, I cared about the school, about the staff, and about the fact that its the schools last year in operation. I had hoped to make it a really good year..cant really say I feel that way anymore...
Anyways, I moved into my parents house, which is about a 10-12 min drive from the school, and my parents moved to Hamilton, so didnt have the free babysitting nearby for me to attend meetings anymore, and cant afford to pay a babysitter JUST for me to go to a meeting, so... I didnt.
Then, I contacted the bus company, and I got my kids on a transportation route, which meant, I didnt NEED to drive to town to bring them to/from school twice a day, awesome. I can save some gas money..
Which, I guess made me drift away from the school, my thoughts of it being a good year, and helping more, didnt change, until I received a phone call..
February 9th. Pretty sure they purposely waited until the staff would no longer be at the school, AND, its probably a good thing.
The man came the next day, I was told the reasons were,
~No protein in my daughters lunch.. I TRIED sending protein, she doesnt eat it, I cannot afford to send food to have it be thrown out, So, I dont send it daily. I have to switch things up often or the kids get bored.
~My daughter often wears sleeveless shirts to school, (she also has a winter coat and often sweaters, so, I dont see how this is a HUGE deal.)
~My daughter went to school with chicken pox one morning, NO I didnt notice that morning, because shes 7, and I do not dress her myself, shes capable. I also have 2 other children, and mornings are a rushed thing.
Anyways, I cried, a lot.
Then, the man talked to my kids, talked to me, and left. He IS a nice man, I just think its alot of crazyness, for no real reasons. Completely Bogus.
He pointed out a few things with the house that needed quick fixes to be "safe"
we fixed them, he came back a week later, didnt even look, just asked if they were fixed.. and, talked 20 min, set an appt up for 2 weeks later, told me to work on creating a routine, so that we dont have problems like the chicken pox, because of a rushed morning...and left. Fine,
Came back 2 weeks later, i showed him what I am working on, and, he told me to keep working on it.. and, is coming back again. :P This roller coaster isnt over yet, unfortunately.
Mentally, I am not okay over this, or emotionally.. I feel uncomfortable in my own home right now, and, like I am an AWFUL mother for having CAS coming to my house, I feel bad for the kids, for having to had be questioned by them, and I feel very hurt by my kids former principal for not talking to me about his concerns. I have always been a very judgemental person over people with CAS involved, and, now, I am one of them :( I havent lost my children, and am not at risk too, even tho I KNOW that, It sure worries me any time they are coming. :(
I did, pull my kids from that school, and switch them to the more local school to us, because I don't think I could go there and not be rude,
my daughter is being medicated for ADHD, so I need to feel okay about things when I am called to the school over problems, and, I could no longer feel that way at that school.
Hoping Anna Melick is as good of a school now, as it was when I attended. :)
