Getting w/ the times...

odusgolp
odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
So, my boy just started Kindergarten at a private school. There is an online system for everything from emailing the staff, fundraisers, parent directory, paying tuition, etc... That's great.

My gripe is that it doesn't permit at all for divorced or non-married co-parenting. There's a place for both names, but only one address. It doesn't separate tuition by payee (which is particularly problematic b/c it's a tax deduction as a charitable contribution). It messages both parents together without specifying who it's really addressing (for example: You've been chosen as our class reader this Friday... ok, which one of us?) Only one of us can get snail-mail from the school and church.

I'm blessed - my ex-husband and I are actually really good friends and work everything out together. But in this day, I would think having it accommodate two households isn't too much to ask.

Done griping.

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  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    That does sound really limited and annoying. I have to say that our daycare is also limited like that.
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    This must be your first rodeo...lol. Simple answer, NO. You can give them the information or fill out two of those massive phone books they call applications, but they are still gonna mess it up anyway so forget it. It is not worth the headache. My daughter's preferred name at home has been changed since she started VPK as there are two girls with her name in their class, so they call her by her first name. I could have went up there and insisted that they call her by her preferred name, but then they would teach her that e comes before i except after w...lol.
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    My daughter just started kindergarten and i noticed this last year when she was in pre k in the school system. I always do everything cause my hubby is active duty military so not around much lol BUT you would think they would accommodate everyone this is the 2000s lol
  • ShapeUpSidney
    ShapeUpSidney Posts: 1,092 Member
    If these places would hire me as their business analyst, this would all be fixed...but alas, the education industry cannot afford me.

    These are the kind of problems I solve on a regular basis in my industry...except instead of permission slips, it's dual-credentialling FDA compliance documentation, etc
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