November is the month for parent/teacher conference at Mimi's school. This afternoon Halliwell's parents went to have a talk with the teacher while Janet and mom stayed behind to watch all of the kids. As usual Mimi was in her glory. She absolutely loves having her friends over to the house and play.
According to Brandy (Halliwell's mom), back home in Orange County, the cut off day for kindergarten is Dec 2. For us folks up here in Washington, it is earlier. Not sure of the date but I think that it is Nov. 2. Halliwell's birthday is later this month and her parents were planning to have her been in kindergarten had they still be living in Southern California. Up here she would have to wait another full year. That is something that her parents did not want to do. For Mimi , she had to wait anyway as her birthday is in January. As a result, Brandy had to petittion for Halliwell to get into Mimi's school. That is a whole another process and story that I won't get into. Halliwell was accepted into the school and she is now in Mimi's class and she has become good friends with Mimi and all of Mimi's other friends. Then Brandy tells us that the school had told them that Halliwell would be there on a trial basis until the parent/teacher conference and it would be decided if Halliwell could stay in the class. That put a whole lot of stress on Halle's parents. Just the other day Brandy was told by the principal that the decision to keep Halle in school would be left up to Halle's mom and dad whether or not she stays or get taken out. Brandy is so very much relieved to hear that. Her main concern was that Halle loves the teacher and loves the friends she has made here and to take her out of the school would be devastating for Halle. Brandy says that the main reason why the school wanted her to wait was they felt that Halle might not be sociably ready for kindergarten. Brandy also says that they were told that Halle has a little trouble with focusing and on getting her work done in class but that it is not something huge and cannot be corrected. And as I recall last year Mimi had the same problem and mom was able to work it out with Mimi. Mimi's conference is coming up in a couple of weeks. As of now, Halle and Mimi are still classmates and BFF's.
