School Meeting

School meeting was held at Lane Tech in room 155 at 1:20pm today.
Me, Jack Cox, his intern, Meredith (Guidance Counselor), Mr. Yaffy or Laffy ( I forgot) were there, though we waited for another, who apparently never showed, and then Chailey came later on. We sat around and discussed Chailey and how to help her through whatever it is, she is going through, because her education was suffering. She had 15 absences, and the year just started, and missed her mid terms.
I gave them some background, and was honest with them. They can't help her if I'm covering things up. I just want her to have every chance she deserves to live a happy and prosperous life with the love and support I never had.
We talked about her home life, her outrageous behaviors, my relationship with her; her relationship with her father. I even threw in my ideas on why she is acting this way, as well has what a lousy Mom I was to her, and how I had wished I did things differently.
The put her on attendance check, where she must see the attendance taker, and he gives her a slip, and each teacher must sign it, and she must return it to him at the end of the day.
She's been going to school for 3 days straight now, and we wondered what the change was. I guess its because the first part was over and in her mind, started a clean slate, but I did tell her she needed to study the things they learned before, because she will be tested on it in the end of the year.
I mentioned her goals, and brought it up with her there, so they knew she actually had a goal in life. It doesn't surprise me that she wants to be a Psychologist, with all the mental illness in her family. This poor kid is surrounded by unstable people on both sides of her family.
In truth, she is a great kid, and has so much potential. I don't want her to waste it. I have seen this happen to too many people. I don't want her to be a statistic.