It is craziness what lengths moms will do to get their child in a good school.

I got up at six AM this morning, EARLY for me, dressed and got K up and dressed her while she cried and wined. She kept saying I want to go home mom, let me sleep, and I felt so bad for her. Really I did.

We got in the car, paperwork in hand, and I drove like a madwoman twenty two minutes to the public Montessori school parking lot and waiting in line with ten other hopeful moms and dads.

Today was waiver day.

Today was the day that I turned in paperwork to put K on the waiting list for our school of choice. We are out of district, which means we only get a spot IF all the in district parents get in first and there are still openings.

Last year only ONE out of district child made it into the pre-school program.

Present students, siblings, the home school, (as opposed to home schooling) and in district all get preference, so we’ll see where we are in the line.

Several of the parents ahead of us were putting in apps for older children and for children already in the school. (You have to do this every year!) It is possible we were first or second in line for her age and out of district status.

Now we wait, and wait and wait to hear if she gets in.

You see this is for NEXT school year – starting next August, so I’m not even making a decision to put her in school yet, I’m just putting in an application in case there is an opening!

Why do I care so much?

The other parents in line made comments like this:

My daughter loves this school so much, after we pulled her out of our neighborhood school she’s blossomed.

And:

I’d get up at three if I had to as long as my children could stay in this school.

Alrighty then.

We wait.

It’s our life right now.