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[quote=Anonymous]I have a "good" problem- my DS will be starting at a DCI feeder immersion school next month. I researched the school situation for months and planned/plotted for as long to my son into a good program when his time came. I frequent this site often and am well-versed on the very frustrating situation with DC schools. I'm also well-versed on charters, the long WLs, the likelihood of striking out etc... I got very lucky due to my diligence and my DS got in to our first choice. With that said, my DW is very clueless about the whole thing. In fact, she's down right a naysayer with respect to DS's charter, how truly lucky we are, the excitement surrounding the DCI, etc... This has been very frustrating for me. Now she's saying she wants to move "for our son's education outlook". Huh?! After all I did to get him in a program and how stellar (IMO) the outlook is for his educational future? I'm really disgusted, to be frank. She hemmed and hawed when I camped out at a very sought after charter about how unnecessary it was and how much I was overreacting, etc... When I asked her to help submit a computer application the moment it was available for another sought after charter, she huffed and puffed. I'm at the point now where I can't even give her any eye contact when it comes to discussing fall preparation for DS's new school.

I'm at a loss as to how out of touch DW is regarding the school situation here. It's been national news (for goodness sake) back when Rhee was on, etc... We've lived here for a while and seen other families move on due to not having a viable option. I camped out for Pete's sake. WTF is up with DW? To give some background, she's a workaholic who doesn't have much time for "family" things. We're a decently strong team, so I've taken over those things and she manages other things, so we're somewhat evenly divided on our agreed-upon family obligations. However, I just don't know how she could be so clueless about schools. It's beyond irritating and maddening to me. I'll admit that I may be overreacting some, but geesh, I can't fathom her cluelessness. I literally lost sleep pondering not getting a slot, so I got up at the butt crack of dawn to camp out at my 1st choice for DS. She was actually annoyed at me.

I know DCUM is probably not a good place for affirmation, but I'm hoping other parents in my shoes can chime in. Other parents I've talked too seem to be on the same page and are as hypervigilant as I am. We all have this sense of urgency about the whole thing. Therefore, I ask DW to withhold her absurd opinions (ie. people with school age kids should automatically move when the kid starts school, the top charters are nothing to write home about, etc...) when we're talking to other parents at our local playground.

Can someone give advice about how they got their spouse on board or up to speed? Are there any links to the schools situation that can help DW's lagging learning curve?

Or should I just leave well enough alone. I'm okay with forbidding the topic as one for discussion if that's what's best. But, what I won't do is bite my lip when DW's naysaying gums are flapping. BTW- are marriage is fine and we generally problem solve well together. But, this is admittedly one of those thorns in the side that won't go away. Sorry for the length of this post and thanks for keeping it positive![/quote]

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