Mystery Meeting

Penelope yawned as she sat at the large square table in the meeting room. She blinked under the brightness of the fluorescent lights. Why am I here?she wondered. She looked around. Gill was there. So were Ann and Jo. For some reason, Jo was crouching down on the floor, looking at something. Penelope had a distinct feeling of being unprepared, and tried to imagine what she would do if she were called on. I hope Gill doesn't ask me to say anything. I'm SO not ready for this...

Just then Ann got up and said "I really need to use the bathroom, but I don't know where it is..." Gill looked at her and said in an exasperated manner "You can just use the RA bathroom on second floor." Ann walked hurriedly out of the room. Why doesn't Ann know where the bathroom is? She's been here many times. And why is there a special RA bathroom? What is this, Hogwarts?

Gill, who was apparently running the meeting, passed out a piece of paper and said "This is something I think you should all be aware of." When Penelope's copy was in her hands, she looked down at it. There was a picture of a girl...she looked familiar, but who was she? Penelope was sure this girl went to her school. On the paper was a description of a learning disorder that this girl apparently had. What was the name of it again? Penelope couldn't remember. Secondary Somethingrather, I think. But why do WE need to be aware of this disorder? What IS this meeting? Why in the world are we spending so much time learning about this girl and her disorder? Penelope wondered. This meeting felt familiar, like she'd been to these meetings before. She just couldn't quite put her finger on why, exactly, she was there.