I'm trying to have as much empathy as possible for our church's youth director, but the lack of planning and communication is truly painful. All 8th graders are supposed to be at a required retreat tonight from 3:30 to 9:00 pm
This is a one time event. A team that travels the country is putting on the retreat, so they don't have a lot of control on the schedule. They gave us 6 months notice about the date. I am fine with all of that. I juggled things in our calendar and will get DS there.
DS1 dismisses school at 3:10. I pick up younger siblings at 3:40.
They have told us at least a dozen times in the past three weeks that students MUST be there the ENTIRE time and ON time.
7:01 this morning - text reminding us to be prompt and early and stay the entire time
2:41 this afternoon - text saying to NOT come until 3:30 because there will be congestion in the parking lot because of parish school dismissal traffic.
ARGH!!!!!! Notice people. The dismissal times are consistent for all the schools involved all year long. I cannot make alternate plans at 2:41 for 3:40 younger sibling pick-up.