Well, we’re well into Jon’s first week at his new school and so far we like what we see.
We were told mid-day last Thursday that Jon’s equipment would be moved to his new school the next day. Jon had a couple of orthodontic x-rays taken at Sick Kids on Friday morning; and as he was going to be without his computer, CCTV, stander and trike it wasn’t really worth him being at school in the afternoon. Jon said his goodbyes Thursday afternoon. And that was it for Jon’s 1-1/2-year career at Danforth CTI.
Hello, York Humber and a week of surprises!
On Monday, as Peter and Jon were suiting up for the drive to school the phone rang with the first surprise. It was the transportation company, telling us the time they’d pick Jon up that morning! I told the dispatcher that Jon was being driven by his dad that a.m. because the teacher wanted him at school early (8:30) the first day, but we were stunned: We assumed it would be at least a week before transport got its act together.
After driving Jon to school, Peter came home with the second surprise: York Humber has school uniforms! That was totally unexpected, as well as faintly embarrassing since we visited the school and never noticed the uniforms on the kids! The uniforms are realistic—no jacket and tie nonsense; instead, pullover zip top, polo shirt and sweatpants. Variations on what Jon wears anyway. Colours are a bit drab—black or dark green. At least dirt won’t show too badly.
The third surprise: Jon’s bus trip is actually 15 minutes shorter in duration than the one to his old school! This says a lot about the ridiculousness of his old route: Jon’s old school is 3 km away from our house and the bus took about 70 minutes each way. Really—we could’ve walked to his old school faster than the old bus ride took.
The last surprise wasn’t one for us, but it may have been for Jon: He’s getting regular homework again—the first time in many moons! You can almost hear the rusty gears grinding in his head as Jon gets back into border collie work mode. But he’s really enjoying it and looking forward to going to school each day. This is a big change, and makes it all worth it!
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Alayne says:
January 22, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC 0)
Fantastic to hear that the first week went so well!
Reid says:
January 23, 2012 at 10:08 pm (UTC 0)
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Tamiko says:
January 24, 2012 at 3:04 am (UTC 0)
So glad to hear things are working out. Let’s hope things continue on such an upbeat note! Will you post a pic of Jon in a (gasp) school uniform?
Bev says:
January 31, 2012 at 10:44 am (UTC 0)
That’s great. So glad to hear Jon’s back on homework – and enjoying it! Hope all continues well – sounds like you’ve had a lot of work/trauma over the change, so it’s fantastic that it all seems worthwhile now. And I love the photo of Jon in his new uniform!