As expected, The Dot didn't get into Roosevelt but she did get into The Center School. Yay! I think it's the best fit for her.
She is, of course, being very difficult about all this. She's 74th on the Roosevelt wait list (no idea how big the wait list is) and she's still holding out for a spot there. "Roosevelt is cool!"
She's having apprehensions about The Center School and is now completely rejecting the Ingraham option. Ballard was never her choice but ours and she still refuses to even consider it. She's now trying to convince us into looking at other schools:
Nathan Hale: "I should go there. It's cool. And it has cheerleading, unlike The Center School."
Nova: "My friend is going there and it's a cute building and I really, really, REALLY want to go there. I'm okay with a school that doesn't have cheerleading. And I checked the bus schedule and it's easy to get there from Ballard!" (I don't know what source she got that information from but when I checked Metro's website I found that the bus route requires a downtown transfer and the commute takes over an hour.)
It just goes on and on. She is constantly coming up with new strategies to "convince" us that none of her 3 options are options anymore and that she should go to a completely unknown school in an unknown location with a group of unknown, faceless kids who all smile and give each other warm fuzzies. It's beyond ridiculous. I can't even listen anymore -- it's driving me nuts. Are other kids this bad? My son is like a dream in comparison.
We're sticking with our plan. Go to The Center School and stay on the wait list for Roosevelt. End of story.
Or is it?
Believe it or not, it is easy to get to Nova from Ballard. The 48 bus goes more or less right there. Still, it's not as close as Center School by a long shot.