Always Ask

In resolving the lass’ school situation for the coming year, we reaffirmed the old maxim “It’s worth a shot.” The local public school has a pre-K program which we did not bother to enroll her for. We had no reason- her progress at the pre-K we sent her to was fantastic. Why mess with a good thing?

Well, we know how that turned out. Initially, we were kicking ourselves for not at least entering her in the lottery. Our assumption at this point was that she had no chance for getting in. After all, they hold a lottery to put kids into it in the first place. So with-holding the kids from the lottery and then calling last minute like for a spot just seemed like such an easy way to game the system, that I assumed it couldn’t possibly work.

We called anyway. And, as luck would have it, they had room. So her schooling for this year is all set. As it happens, news of the change does not seem to have bothered her one bit. In fact, the prospect of riding the bus home from school was almost too much for her to take. Despite her seemingly strong feelings for her previous teachers, the prospect of going somewhere else didn’t even register a hiccup.

Glad we asked.