a view of Casper through other eyes

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I talked to the after school program coordinator, who is also Casper's classroom aide, this afternoon, and it was a good window into how she's doing and how she's viewed at school. Mrs. E said that she makes them laugh all day long, by being so outspoken and firm. She related a story about Casper complaining about being woken up in the morning ("I'm not ready!") and the story she told about a recent night that Dillo was up crying a lot and I had to sleep with him ("my brother had a cold and was crying and kept waking me up!") She also apparently grabbed a boy in the class very forcefully by the shirt at gym and told him, "Stop following me! I told you that I don't like it when you follow me!" No steel magnolia she - all steel.

Mrs. E said Casper is settling down into the routine and seems to be more focused on her work - at first she tended to rush through it, but she takes more time now. This is good to hear since this is a classic issue with Casper. Mrs. E described her as very articulate.

She has been taking milk at lunch, which I didn't realize until late last week, but I guess is fine. She insisted that the milk was free for everybody, but we got the bill today. I am fine with her drinking school milk - Mrs. E assures me she chooses plain 2% even! - so we'll start an account for her. I just wish it hadn't taken 4 weeks for us to figure out the situation, but no harm done.