That's better

I spoke to Christopher's guidance counselor for 10th grade today.  My God what a difference.  I explained to him my concerns and some of the things that happened this year.  I hear him say "Oh my God" A LOT.  As in he was in disbelief at the lack of attention to our concerns.  He is more than happy to meet with us to brainstorm ideas for next year.  And agreed we need to meet with Christopher's teachers in the fall.  He even asked me what preferred order of classes I'd like for Christopher so his afternoon (where he struggles the most) might be easier for him.  So we put Science, Social Studies, and Math in the morning instead of after lunch.

Holy cow what a difference!  I'm a fairly intuitive person when it comes to judging others.  I've learned to trust my gut on first impressions.  And this counselor made a very good first impression on me.  Mind you, I'm still taking a wait and see approach.  Actions speak louder than words but so far I'm hearing the right things.  We're going to meet with the new counselor next week (with Christopher there) to come up with a plan TOGETHER.  which is how it should have been this year.  I don't plan on dwelling on everything from this year except as a lessons learned experience, which is what I told the new counselor.  I'm cautiously optimistic that we can put together something that works to help Christopher be successful the rest of his high school career.  He'll have this counselor until graduation so if things work out in the beginning of the next school year, I'm confident we can get Christopher to where he needs to be by graduation.