I had my open enrollment appointment this morning before work. I had to drop K off at my mom's house then haul on up to the school board building.
I left a half hour and got there in 15 minutes. That's good to know travel-wise for school here in a few weeks. It is a few exits ahead on the expressway. 15 minutes early is good. It shows them that we take this seriously.
I get to the building, get buzzed in and see someone at the window. I stand there for a few minutes and finally figure that perhaps I should take a seat. I hear a lot of, "Well, did you do the online enrollment?" "Well, I did it on my tablet." "Do you have this, do you have that?" It seemed as though this visitor was a bit unprepared.
She steps away and the woman next to me looked to see if they needed her next. (She was there before me.) "No, I need Amy now." I'm up. :deep breath: We went over the paperwork. All the online enrollment was successfully completed. All of the paperwork they needed for enrollment was sent in back in February. They just needed to verify all of it.
-- The official birth certificate that we purchased from the county for the bargain price of $22 and had the official embossment on it wasn't good enough. They needed the original in order to verify it. Since the original birth certificate took 11 1/2 months to arrive, it is dated almost 2 years after K's birth date. I figured that they would question it. I was armed with the actual adoption decree, but it turns out that they didn't need it.
-- Immunization records needed updated. (There was one shot in April that wasn't on the copy they had.)
-- Residency needed verified. I had a copy of the house deed, the city utility bill and the electric bill. Since I sent the city utility bill in February, they just verified that.
Since I was responsible and followed all instructions, I was back out of there in probably a lil over 5 minutes. The lady thanked me profusely for having my papers in order and having everything handled. (Adopt a county kid and you become proficient at inches of paperwork very quickly.)
Then she said something that will stay with me forever. With a smile on her face, "Welcome to S-."
:hand on my heart:
Hoping that this venture in schooling is a wondrously positive change for K. I pray good things for her. I pray that she gets past her nervousness about being the "new kid." I pray that her teachers teach. I pray that she learns. I pray that it is a positive atmosphere, as last year definitely was not.
I just want good things for her.
