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From: Lesley Groff <a To: Mom and Randy Wright <MIMa> Cc: Mom and Randy Wright <MIMa> Subject: Re: Our Meeting Re Ty at the end of the School Year 2017 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:56:34 +0000 I will go with we push and he complies after an exchange of words... but once he gets in with the tutor he always works hard. So I guess in the end, it is ok. I wish he were more willing...it will come with time and maturity? ...being great does not come easy...we must work at it! which includes parenting! easier to just hand him a TV remote or hand held device along with a bag of candy and say 'OK here you go'! ...but we won't do that > On Jul 12, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Diana Wright > wrote: > • Maybe "motivated" is too strong a word - How about at least "willing" ?! > • He's smart and knows he needs to work on this stuff to achieve success in > life. He will cooperate! Love mom • Original Message > From: Lesley Groff [mailto: > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:47 AM > To: Mom and Randy Wright > Cc: Mom and Randy Wright > Subject: Re: Our Meeting Re Ty at the end of the School Year 2017 > • I wish he was MORE self motivated actually.he pushes back hard when I ask > him to read or work on math trust me.which I'm sure almost 90% of kids > do..that is how they are wired (there are some anomalies).but who wants to > do math when you can hang with your friends and be potatoes! > • I'm glad you agree on the special ed labeling.Ike was FOR IT and I really > want to steer clear. LOVE YOU!! >> On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Diana Wright > wrote: >> >> Alrighty then, there's work to be done but everyone agrees you're at a > very >> good starting place! Ty is self-motivated and has all his teachers >> `charmed'! He should come through just fine. >> >> I agree with you, try VERY hard NOT to let him get slipped into the > category >> of "special education". That could have a demoralizing effect on Ty. He >> needs a POSITIVE attitude going forward. >> >> You're doing Great Parenting! Love mom >> >> Original Message >> From: Lesley Groff [mailto: >> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:34 PM >> To: Mom and Randy Wright >> Subject: Our Meeting Re Ty at the end of the School Year 2017 >> >> HI Mom.As promised (awhile ago!) here is the report we rec'd re Ty.it is >> basically all very NORMAL and AVERAGE.accept for spelling.we were told if >> anything was to be on the low side, they would choose spelling every time. EFTA00459875 >> Spelling will come and with "spell check" please! Makes life easier.. >> >> Bottom line, we have a math tutor and a reading comprehension tutor for Ty >> coming once a week each for the summer.when the school year starts, he > will >> remain in Tier II help. This means during his 'workshop' period he will > go >> to the Learning Center for extra help everyday. Apparently all the kids > go >> in different directions during this period depending on what they need. >> >> The Special Ed Administrator for 5-8th grades joined our second meeting we >> had (after the testing was complete) She was pretty adamant that if Ty > does >> not improve come Halloween, he should go to Special Ed.but I don't want > him >> to.I don't want him to be labeled.I am SO hoping he will come around and >> things will naturally start sinking in. >> >> All in all it was a good meeting. All the teachers and the psychologist >> complimented Ty over and over again.just a great kid in general.a pleasure >> to be around.His tutor's always tell me he works hard ..so all good stuff >> there.We still have not said anything to Ty about Special Ed.we did let > him >> know he needs to work on constructing paragraphs... being able to extract >> what is important and write complete, well thought out sentences. LOVE, > Les >> >> EFTA00459876