School registration

I'll talk about school registration now. No, not my school. I've done with that by now ... *dunno for the next stage, though*

It's about school for my son. He was lucky *alhamdulilah* that he was old enough to go to Pre-K in Atlanta. He came in December 2003, he turned 4 on March 2004, just in time for Pre-K registration. We had to search for public elementary schools that have Pre-K. Public schools are basically free at the States, right? That's why I said my son was lucky *as lucky as I was, because I also got the chance to go Kindergarten in Sydney*. The quality was good!
But, to get to a good public school *not all public schools have excellent quality, it depends on the district funding*, you have to reside within the respective school district. That means, you have to choose where you live beforehand. It that means, you might end up paying higher cost of residents. But that's fine, right? Social lives cost, too!!

So, we registered him to two public schools nearbuy where we lived. Required documents were birth certificate, proof of residency (got this from Rental Office), and proof of immunization (got this from public health office). The school applied drawing to select the kids. So, finally my son got the best school. No tuition fees, just lunch money if my son decided to have lunch at school.

That's all for now about Pre-K registration in ATL. I do hope my Indo friends in ATL who are going to register their kids to school find this info useful :) Chao!