He may not go back

Number three son has been attending a very special high school - the Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy. It's a state school, so tuition is free. All we've had to pay is room and board; it's a residential school. He has been living there, at school, and coming home on weekends. The school is about 25 miles away from our house, close, but far enough away that he is beyond our reach. It's a three year program - Sophomore thru Senior. He's just finished his Junior year.

Our Asbergers boy managed to fail two classes this semester. The school handbook states that that means he will not be invited back for his next year - in this case, his Senior year. Now, he didn't fail these classes (English & World Studies) because he's not smart enough - no, quite the contrary, his 'smarts' are off the chart. He failed because he has Asbergers and the System wasn't able to do anything more than stand back and watch him flail and fail. It was a failure in communication and of process - on our part, on the school's part and on his part.

There is an appeal process. If we were to fight hard enough, we might be able to get him back into the school. The question is, do we realy want to? And, more importantly, does he want to? Right now, he says "No". But the wounds are still fresh. His pride is hurt and he's a bit confused and off balance.

So right now things are a bit up in the air. He's home for the summer - I picked him and his goods up last Wednesday and brought him home. The old 'end of semester move out of the dorm' routine. He may be home for good. We'll see. I mean, he CAN go back to our local high school for his Senior year. It's not like the whole education process is lost. Just IMSA, maybe. Maybe.

And you thought all I ever think about is SEX.