Audrey's Schedule

In February we had to fill out what classes Audrey was going to take in middle school this year. There were 3 options for every course: regular, pre AP or accelerated. I had no idea what to do since we were so new here and didn't know what to expect so I put her in regular. Once the semester ended and she was on the A/B honor roll and after talking to some parents I felt it was important to get her switched into pre AP but it seemed impossible getting in contact with the school during summer! Over the last 2 weeks I had called the registrar multiple times never getting through, left a voice mail, left an email, went down to the school but it was locked. Ugh... My frustration level was at a 10. So during orientation I went to a counselor and she seemed extremely reluctant to help me this late in the game and all the pre AP classes were full, I expressed my frustrations and explained we had recently moved here and I didn't know any better and she FINALLY approved her to move to all pre-AP classes. Hallelujah. I felt like I had to fight to get these classes for her but really feel like it was important.

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Happy New Year!

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