#671 Wednesday 4 September

Today we had a meeting at school to discuss Kaylia's progress .... it was very rewarding.  She is the top of her class and performing really well!  She is behind mainstream of course but she's still within reach of "catch up".   It shows the value of all the hard work we have put in over the years.  The task isn't complete yet .... but it's getting there!

A very concerning thing that we have been told is that the cuts to education funding ( by the state government) will mean less aide time for Kaylia. We are disgusted by the government tactics .... a short time ago they were saying that WA spent more on education than the Federal benchmarks .... now they are making big cuts ..... that will have a real impact on our children.   (.... and my bet is that there will be a pay rise for the politicians soon!)  This really is "the pits" in political behaviour.

Our sources tell us that school principals have been "gagged" ... they're not allowed to say anything!

On a positive note, in yesterday's therapy, Kaylia surprised us by saying .... "I don't know."  It was in context and appropriate .... Wow!  It's little things like this that make all the hard work worthwhile.  

We are having to be more careful with things we say now .... she understands us and will repeat it! Yikes!