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Spike Graduates High School at 6pm!!!
So due to the school district's complete idiocy - and really, we've been through this idiocy for the whole four years so why not end on a really big note? - it was just confirmed this morning that Spike has a graduation ceremony to attend this evening. It's such late notice that the only people able to attend are myself and Spike's father. Not his own sister, not his grandparents, not his godmother. We received a letter yesterday, August 5, postmarked August 2 - remember these dates - stating that graduation would be at 6pm on August 6. However, to be a part of the ceremony, we were supposed to RSVP to his school by... July 30. No joke. Letter postmarked on August 2, we receive on August 5, we're to RSVP by July 30. And oh yes, "Parents will receive invitations in the mail." Really? Because I still haven't received any invitation and graduation is in two hours. So all day yesterday I called Spike's school, no answer, and he even drove over there to find the office locked and closed. Rehearsal was this morning. I gave him the letter and the postmarked envelope and informed him that he was to tell them that he IS attending tonight whether they like it or not. After some negotiations it was confirmed that he is going to walk the stage this evening. Granted, the kids graduating at this ceremony are kids who mostly screwed up during their four years - but who somehow managed to make everything up and finish everything that needed to be done in just a couple extra weeks. It took Spike less than one extra week to complete it all including three college classes that last semester. So you have 200 kids who were at one time screw-ups but who then got their act together and did double and triple work to make up for their screwing off... and you give them no chance to RSVP? No chance to walk the stage? So anyway, with this late notice, Buffy is out of town until late this evening, Spike's grandparents have "dinner plans", and I was not able to reach his godmother yet, although she lives a bit away and has two small children to make arrangements for. (I'm not so sure the grandparents could not have found a way to make it, but with a couple hours notice I'm going to try not to judge today) - I mean, even Catalina was really upset that she was going to miss it. "This is a lot of work just to get a stupid piece of paper," said Spike. And well, yeah... but it will be worth it in the end. I'm trying to keep the anger at the school at bay and just concentrate on the fact that Spike is actually graduating high school after a lot of hard work, and he turns 18 in eleven days. He turned out to be a really good kid and I'm super proud of him, and I know everyone else is too, whether they can make the ceremony or not. I bought him a GPS system for his car for his gift. Only two more years of idiocy to deal with until Buffy graduates. Posted by Pischina at August 6, 2008 3:40 PMComments
That is just bloody ridiculous, is this the school or the board itself that is this incomepetant (I don't even know if I spelled that right but I'm too angry on your behalf to bother using my spell checker!). Post a comment
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