19
Nov
How I Spent Yesterday
I stood in line to get JellyBean into a good school. Without going into boring detail about the frustrations of the day, I will tell you that she was successfully registered at our second choice school, and is high on the waiting list for our first choice. We are very pleased.
Also, standing in line next to someone for five hours with nothing to do but chat is a bonding experience. There are now four of us who know each other better than we ever expected. Not to mention the television camera that caught me admitting to unusual measures for avoiding the need for a bathroom. Hopefully that film ended up on the cutting room floor.
Tonggu Momma
So… what were those unusual measures???? And I’m happy for you that you were able to get Jelly Bean into one of your top program choices.
Coralie
I’m with Tonguu Momma. You can’t tease us that way!
Mad
You have to stand in line to get your kid into school? Whaaaa? This makes no sense to me. My kid will go to the school in our neighbourhood. There is no choice (and no waiting) in the matter.
This blogging shows me something new every day.
brother
It’s much warmer in Puerto Rico…..
Alison
I’m glad it worked well. I think you have to tell us what you did to avoid going to the bathroom!
gretchen from lifenut
When our fourth child was six WEEKS old, I had him on a waiting list at a certain school. I felt like such a hypocrite, because it was something I swore I’d never do—be one of those mothers.
They changed the system for charter schools here, thankfully. The waitlists start fresh each year, so there is no need to register zygotes. And all my kids got in to our #1 school of choice.
Amanda
That is INSANE! My friend’s kids go to Schools of Choice, and I don’t remember any stories like this. Wow.
carrien (she laughs at the days)
do tell.
JulieC
You wore a Depends. On purpose! Didn’t you?
Or is that just what I would do?
Jamie
Fess up. What WERE the unusual measures?
Jennifer (ponderosa)
In our school district, it’s a lottery to get into the magnet schools w/ a slight preference for people w/in walking distance and for siblings of kids already in the school. Also, you only get to choose one magnet school, and if you lose out, then you’re stuck with the neighborhood school…
We have three magnet elementary schools and they’re all within a mile of each other, so I think that skews it unfairly (see preference for walking distance); also, the neighborhood school associated with 2 of the 3 magnets is excellent — one of the best in the state — so that’s unfair, too. But the lottery part? AWESOME. My kids’ school would have to really, really suck for me to stand in line like that.
patois
So, when will you tell us the secret.
– Signed, She of the Weakest Bladder in America
Steph @ Diapers and Divinity
that is just not right.
Sue
I’m so thankful that our neighborhood school is a shiny, fresh new one with a terrific principle. SO THANKFUL.
You are very mean to tease us about the bathroom issue.
poppy fields
That seems like extreme measures. But when it comes to my own girls, I know I would do anything necessary to assure them the best.
zoom
The pictures say it all. You are a good mom.
Momma
I am so glad she got into your second choice! I bet you are glad this is over!