More school woes

Why must there always be drama when it comes to my daughter and school? Seriously? Do I spawn it? Do I make it worse? GAH!

So...this year's thing is that the report every afternoon has been that school is 'boring'. This concerns me on so many levels. She has lots of friends in her class. She loves playing and art and ... why is she bored? It hasn't gotten much better. We're up to "I like PE" which is a step in the right direction, but still not "cool"! Am I really asking too much that she think school is cool at age 5? She loved mother's day out. It was fun every day. She loved her first week at the school which shall remain nameless. Why shouldn't kindergarten be the same? I know the first week sucks. I really do, but it's not getting better.

So...we talked to the teacher at Parent Orientation last Thursday. When should I worry? What are our options? Should we consider testing her for 1st? What can you do with reading? We were kind of brushed off with something along the lines of she'd have a better idea of where she was by October parent/teacher conferences. Again, seriously? Two months to assess her and figure out what to do? Two months of 'boring' before she gets something else? I asked if that was before the deadline for having her tested for 1st and she said we had 20 days and asked if that was something we were interested in. I said yes and asked, specifically, if I could come in today (9/2) and request that and it would be soon enough. She told me that it would be fine.

So...I call the office to schedule an appointment only to find out that I had to request the test, in writing, by last Friday. The counselor explains that there's nothing they can do since we missed the deadline. She gave me the party line on gifted and talented and working with her, but no specific time line on when any of that would start rolling. I am really worried that they have so much paperwork to get through that by the time they're rolling, she's already acting out and done.

Then, I went to the school (fueled by a pep talk from Chrys) and asked to talk to the principal. The administrator at the desk took notes on my conversation with her teacher relayed them to the principal and, suddenly, the principal could call the district and talk to them. Interesting.

Now, with that out of the way. I know that being a reader, by itself, doesn't make her ready for first grade. However, looking at what they expect to teach her by the end of the year, she's got everything except lower case letters. (Incidentally, I handed her a workbook on those and she's already a decent way through it.) I guess I need to thumb through "What Your Kindergardener Should Know" and see if we're missing anything else big.

I'm worried that I'm going to be one of 'those' parents. I don't want to be, but I really want what's best for my child and being bored isn't it.

I hate drama.