Kindergarten...at last!

Lydia's first day of Kindergarten didn't go as I had always planned. Oh, we went and bought special new school clothes and shoes, new school supplies, new backpack, and fixed her hair all cute. There is no bus to her school, so there was no big get on the bus moment. In fact, when we arrived at school we looked on her teacher's door (whom we had met and done testing with the week before) and she wasn't on the list. So, we checked the other teacher's door and she wasn't on that list either. When her teacher came out she smilingly handed out the name tags. The tragic conversations went like this:

Lydia: Where's my name tag?
Teacher(coldly): Your daughter has been moved to the morning class with the new teacher.
Me: You told me she wouldn't be moved because we registered on time clear back in April. We also weren't notified of the change.
Teacher: You'll have to work that out with the office.
Me: Ok, but while I'm working that out with the office can she come to your class today since she missed her class and she wants to go to her first day of Kindergarten?
Teacher: No.
Me: She's been looking forward to this for a long time, and had we been notified we would have gone to her class, but we weren't, so can't she go to your class so she doesn't miss her first day of school?
Teacher: No. She missed her class. She will need to come back tomorrow.

Lydia was of coarse in tears at this point. We went to the office and an hour later she was in the other teacher's afternoon class. She is still in that class, but we are working on changing her school. Needless to say, I am unimpressed with the school. Lydia unfortunately is now disenchanted with school. She doesn't want to go and is already telling me she is sick and can't go to school often. I thought that wouldn't happen until at least 3rd grade. Hopefully she'll have a 2nd first day of school next week.

Ali had to put on her backpack too. She'll miss her sister.



Bye Lydia! Have a great day at school!