New AP is very homesick

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks to all for the helpful advice. Just closing the loop on our situation. Homesick AP returned to her home country and it was the best for everyone. I didn't want my kids to be around that misery and AP couldn't manage her emotions. Or maybe she just didn't want to. I think the homesickness overwhelmed her and colored her reaction to pretty normal kid behavior. Her leaving quickly was actually a relief. Onward with the transition....

[Anonymous]

Hi OP - three point mom here - just was coming on here to check in on you and see how you're doing. I'm really sorry to hear this, but in the end, it sounds like it may well be for the best, especially since her leaving proved to be such a relief for you.

As you choose your new AP, while I'm not sure what your situation is, I will just say that we are having the easiest transition we have ever had with our new male AP....definitely a different vibe

Best of luck to you.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hear the outcome, OP. Are you getting a replacement AP? Yours is not the first story like this that I've heard.

Our first AP was incredibly homesick in the beginning. It didn't help that she arrived just before New Years. An AP in the neighborhood (who ended up becoming a good friend of her later) invited her out for New Years, really insisted that she go, and she backed out. She also refused to come with our family to a neighborhood party (after I asked her several times & called her from the party). She spent the better part of the next few days crying.

HOWEVER, she totally pulled herself out of it. I talked to the LCC, LCC checked in with her regularly, and gradually it improved, and suddenly it was over.

One thing I do with the new APs is try to connect them to as many other APs that I can find. Our LCC is good about that. Getting out & doing fun stuff with other APs is key.