
WELL WELL WELL , WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE, ITS ME KERRY HERE TO VENT MY FRUSTRATION OF THE DAY!!! TODAY I CRIED MY EYES OUT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS THROWING UP AFTER ANOTHER SCHOOL I CALLED TOLD ME WE WEREN'T 'ZONED"..... READ ON...... OK SO MY LITTLE CALEB, A BRIGHT, READING, WRITING RISING STAR !!!! IS GRADUATING THIS MONTH AND HAS TO MOVE ON TO KINDERGARDEN IN SEPTEMBER, NOW AFTER APPLYING TO ABOUT 300,000,00 CHARTER SCHOOLS, MY LIL CALEB GOT INTO ZEROOOO ( I WOULD PUT MY CAPLOCK ON NOW FOR EFFECT BUT...) SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DOESNT LIVE IN A CERTAIN AREA AND HIS NAME WASNT PICKED OUT OF A HAT!!! LITERALLY* ....MEANWHILE OTHER CHILDREN HAVE HAD THEIR NAMES PICKED OUT OF 4, 5 AND EVEN 6 HATS. NO PROBLEM. HE CAN STILL GO TO HIS ZONED SCHOOL RIGHT? EXCEPT HIS ZONED SCHOOL HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE ACCORDING TO THE NYC DOE REPORT CARDS. GOING FROM A "B+" TO A "C-". HOW COULD IT GET ANY WORSE YOU ASK? THERE'S A BETTER SCHOOLS ABOUT 4 OR 5 BLOCKS AWAY BUT HE CAN'T GO THERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HIS ZONE. WE'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN APTS NEED TO BE SOLD AND RENTS RAISED BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHARE SCHOOLS. NEVER MIND THAT THEY HAVE OPEN SEATS AND SHORT OR NO WAITING LISTS. AND STILL WE'VE GOT NO CALLS FROM ANY OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS SAYING THAT HE'S BEEN AN OPENING. OTHER FAMILIES ARE TAKING THEIR PICK OF SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE AT ALL. THE SYSTEM JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. IS HE JUST SUPPOSE TO GO TO A SCHOOL BECAUSE ITS IN HIS ZONE, REGARDLESS OF ITS ABILITY TO ACTUALLY TEACH HIM ANYTHING?
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS PROVIDES WHAT HIS CHILDREN NEED. ON AN OFF CHANCE WE FOUND AN OPENING IN A WHAT SEEMS TO BE GOOD SCHOOL AND NOT TOO FAR AWAY. WE BELIEVE THAT CALEB AND NOAH WILL GROW TO BE GREAT CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY DESPITE WHAT THE SYSTEM HAS PLANNED FOR THEM.
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