So just to make my life a bit more crazy, I have had to scramble and get Madilynn into a different kindergarten with less then a week before school starts!!
Long story as short as it can be: Our local school offers all day kindergarten to those who request it and can test high on a scoring test, the others are low scoring and the two are combined. Our principle last year, awesome Mr Cooper assured me that as long as Madi scored high she would be in. This was a concern for me because Madi is ready already and half day kindergarten will be so boring and a waste of time for her. Well yesterday i got a call from the school that stated Madi was not going to be in all day kindergarten like I was told. See we got a new principle and he has decided to make all new changes and he feels all of the students in all day kindergarten should be low scoring kids!! I can See his point on this but it really put me in a hard spot! Madi tested 3rd out of all of the kids tested for kindergarten so therefore she is too smart to go into this class.
So after not falling asleep last night until 2 AM and stressing over what to do I started making calls. Her daycare that she loves to go to offered to take her back with 2 openings left and would bus her to two elementary schools, Bellview and Edgemont. Whew I was saved even though this is not what I ever wanted!!! Well I made calls to these two schools and since it's 5 days until kindergarten starts they are full and not allowing any more permits! I started to cry again! Ms. Jenny at Skool Days (Madi's daycare) had 1 last idea but it may not work.
She had another parent that wanted her child to be bussed to Alta View Elementary but was told they needed at least 1 more child to make it worth the trip. So Ms Jenny said call Alta View see if you can get in and she would check to see if the owner of the Daycare would keep the agreement and bus to that school. Well it just so happens that Madi's grandpa and grandma live in that boundary. So I got in with no trouble!!!
So we are saved!!! Madi will be going to Alta View Elementary! So what's the big deal about this right? Well I called a friend to tell her of my crazy adventure and she told me that not only will Madi be going to one of the top 10 schools of Utah but they have a ALPS class as well. This is for students that are academic achievers and they help them progress faster and more in depth. This is perfect, all I wanted. Madi in a school that will help challenge her and help her grow in her strengths!! I'm pretty sure we will keep her there for all of elementary with such great choices. Not only that but grandpa is really only 2 blocks away. In a year or two she can just walk over to grandpa's if she needs to! This option was just by coincidence and now I'm really lucky to have what I got blessed with today. If you would have told me last night that this is where she was going to end up I wouldn't have believed it!!! I'm very excited for the opportunity that Madilynn will have with this, I hope she will enjoy it and do well!
Oh and just to top it off Madi only has 16 kids in her class at Alta View, at Fremont where she would have gone there would have been 25 -28 kids! Honestly, I can't believe I got so lucky today!!!
Thank you Heavenly Father!!!!!!
2 comments:
Isn't it funny how things work out? You were sad about not having all day kindergarten, and now it worked out better for you. I am glad to hear that.
I know, I can't believe it to be honest with you! I also have the kids Grandpa really a block away if there is any trouble or if they get sick! I'm very excited it worked out!
What's even better, this school has the ALPS program and a spanish imersion program as well. There is a lot to be said about this situation! No I have to thank the principle for sending me on my way.
It's also probably the first step to us moving in a year or so.
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