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Well, I got a lot of great advice from here. A lot of you guys were great sounding boards.

DS is sooooooo excited that he gets to go to school all day.

JB

... but should I be offended when people always seem to ask... "is your husband really smart?" LOL Just because I can't make a jello mold- people - doesn't mean I'm dna deliquent :-P

Just jello-deficient!

OH no kickball!!!! That's too funny....but I'm not sure how I would take that if someone said it to me. Ha Ha Ha.

I think you pull a cranky face and reply, "No! *I'M* the smart one, thank you very much!"

Wouldn't that be a hoot? LOL! Just imagine the look you'd get and the backpeddling you'd see! Har har har!!!

Youch! That's horrible!

"So what are you saying? The short-and-fat genes must have skipped her generation?"

Ee-yikes!

Ha. There is a long background on why this is the case, but we, in our own little, way fight the sexism issue: You know how schools are generally formal with the Mr. & Mrs. Teacher or Principal. I insist that we introduce ourselves as Mr. Dad and Dr. Mom. That lets them know who the smarty pants is in our family.

JB

Ah, bless you, JBD!

Are there typically parents at school board meetings? I was thinking of going to the meeting where they'll be voting our DS's early admissions. I have been led to believe that this is largely a rubber stamp issue (I don't have any reason to believe otherwise). However, by going if any questions/concerns come up I would be there to address them. It's also have the extra benefit of not having to wait to get mailed the official notification.

JB

We regularly attended our school board meetings usually as spectators. Which was actually somewhat unusual, but if you have the opportunity to do so, I highly recommend it. Obviously, for your case you should. But we learned a lot about the process to get something new into place and how tight the budget really is. As we leave our public school experience, I feel like we really gave it our best shot and have a thorough understanding of the system.