Yesterday, Sheri and I went to register Abby and Emma for kindergarten. It was one of those parent moments. You know, one of those moments when the reality and burden of the vocation of parent hits you hard. It was also the first time I have been involved with public education. I went to grade school, high school, and seminary at private institutions of education. My only public experience being my undergrad years at Mizzou. So this is all new stuff for me.
The process went smoothly. We brought all the required documents along with copies of those documents per Friendswood School District instructions. But we filled out a ton of paperwork on each girl. What got me was that they had us fill out the same information again and again on multiple forms - bureaucracy at its finest. An integrated, systems approach utilizing the full potential of computers would streamline the process quite a bit. But, it would probably cause a good number of bureaucrats to lose their jobs.
And now, the girls have their Cline Elementary t-shirts!
School starts in about four months.
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