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So today was Cary's IEP meeting. I had it on my calendar to be at the high school by 3:30, and told Cary he had to come to the meeting before. Made sure the ex knew about it also. Early afternoon, I get a text from the ex that he has a cold, and won't be able to make it. So I ask if he has any concerns. He gives me this rambling text about how Cary only does what he wants to, and he doesn't see him succeeding academically, and he almost might as well drop out and stock shelves. That ticked me off. I thought about it a bit, and told him he really needs to be there, cold or no cold. He said OK. So I'm driving to the school, and Cary calls to ask about the meeting. I tell him to be at the counseling office at 3:30. He calls back and says the meeting is NOW and wants to know if it's OK to put me on speaker. Oops, it started at 3, not 3:30. So the Special Ed teacher told me he went over school and career options with Cary. Cary thinks he wants to be an engineer, like a civil engineer, and go to the local Jr. College. I was really surprised (pleasantly). He also said we were on "certificate track" not "diploma track", and I said that wasn't correct. That we had agreed last year to put him on diploma track and see how he did. Anyway, it seems he's doing fairly well, and they are going to put him in a regular English clash now (with accomodations) so that he gets the credit towards graduation, and then we will put him in regular math, English, science and history next year (with accomodations), and see how it goes. He's doing much better than anticipated, and so much for his father's rather negative assessment.