Hi Kara,

I haven't written because I haven't figured out what we learned at the 
meeting.  We can discuss next week at our conference.  We are arranging to 
have Michael re-tested.  I think it is more of an issue of a difference 
between potential and performance.  Michael has been tested in the past, and 
tests as extraordinarily bright, but he has had some performance issues which 
don't match up.  At least that's how I understand it. He just has some 
disconnects which we are working to overcome, but I must admit to not 
understanding it all.

I left you a note about Michael possibly missing next week.  After I dropped 
him off this am, I had a thought that next week might be when they visit in 
1st grade, in which case we probably wouldn't want him to miss that 
opportunity.  I think he is excited about 1st grade, so you must be doing a 
great job of getting the kids prepared.

Thanks for everything, and see you next week!

Kay




Kara Norris <knorris@ssfrancis.org> on 05/17/2001 03:49:09 PM
To: Kay.Mann@enron.com
cc:  

Subject: Re: Michael

Kay,
I'm interested to hear how things went at the meeting.
Michael was the star of the show.  He did a great job!  Glad you both made
it.
-Kara


Kay.Mann@enron.com wrote:

> Hi Kara,
>
> Michael has been seeing a speech/language therapist, and recently she
> raised an issue about Michael's ability to "blend and unblend" sounds in
> words, specifically as it relates to reading readiness.  She had this
> conversation with Neil, so I don't know the details.  We are meeting with
> her today to get more input, but I wanted to mention it to you, just in
> case you had a comment.
>
> I know this is something we can discuss at Michael's conference on May
> 31st, but if you would like to discuss it before hand, I can be reached at
> 713 304 8716 9 (cell), 713 345 -7566 (office - just tell my asst you are
> Michael's teacher), 713 973 6325.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Kay