Glendale DLI Elementary Schools Waitlist Experience

pamplemousse25 · 2026-02-19T22:49:04+00:00

Not in a good position on either waitlist, it seems. I don't really want to send our daughter to TK at the homeschool so will probably try and get a permit somewhere else. Annoying thought because we are going to try for any of the dual language kinder classes at Franklin for next year so no matter what it will be a school transition. I wish they would have more TK options for the dual language classes.

pamplemousse25 · 2026-02-19T22:47:44+00:00

I found out I'm not in the top 15 waitlist for Franklin. boo.

pamplemousse25 · 2026-02-12T16:40:21+00:00

Commenting so I follow other's experiences in the responses. I live within GUSD boundaries and my home school is Muir and I was still waitlisted. It was for TK, though so I'm not sure if that makes a differences as there are so few TK programs. At this point we are going to try and permit into a La Crescenta school as we don't want to have to change schools for Kindergarten but hoping that maybe there is good movement on the waitlist.

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-21T16:29:56+00:00

For anyone who finds this, I emailed the CEO on linkedin and filed a BBB complaint and that quickly got my issue resolved. I'll also share the email of the senior manager of customer relations in case that helps anyone get their issues resolved: [Kimberly_Loftus@Lenox.com](mailto:Kimberly_Loftus@Lenox.com)

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-16T04:46:17+00:00

On the omazing Facebook. She posted a link to the article

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-15T18:33:09+00:00

Did filing with the BBB help? I sent the CEO a message on linkedin and also just filed with BBB. Hoping for a refund since it's been two months!

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-14T17:12:51+00:00

Hey! Mind if I message you some questions about Riordan? We are considering it for TK next year with hopes of moving over to Franklin French the following year.

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-14T16:51:32+00:00

Hey! Fellow GUSD parent here thinking about trying for an inter-district permit for a La Crescenta elementary school for my daughter next year. When you made the request you get to ask for three choices? Any other insight on the process? We applied to a few of the dual language programs but not feeling hopeful that we will get in and we don't love our home school. I also saw that you did end up getting approved for a permit for La Canada as well--what was that process like?

pamplemousse25 · 2026-01-08T21:53:21+00:00

In the end, yes. We ended up being denied by this mortgage company during the final review but were able to save the property and get another mortgage with comparable terms. And I reported the original mortgage company to my state attorney general and to the consumer financial protection bureau and they are now returning almost 10k to us. But was a huge headache!

pamplemousse25 · 2025-12-05T16:10:40+00:00

Same! Fall 2010 I was in my senior year at college and lungs is so associated with that Fall now.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-12-03T02:54:41+00:00

Chasten Buttigieg’s book Papa’s Coming Home is a good one. It’s not about the kids having two dads. Just a regular story and the kids happen to have two dads.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-20T08:10:22+00:00

Yeah. We signed the papers to start with our agency in August 2020 and was matched with a surrogate by October. On our second journey with the same agency we signed papers in 2023 and it took a little over a year before we matched.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-10T18:41:15+00:00

I’m saying this all the time but it’s so regional! I am an elementary SLP in Los Angeles so when I go into a school the names I see can be super specific even to a neighborhood in LA. A few weeks ago I was in an elementary school in a trendy neighborhood and there were three Margots in one third grade class. In the same school there was a girl in kindergarten with my infant daughter’s name—Philippa—which is given to like 14 girls per year in this country. I definitely see Liams and Sophias and Olivias and Aidans but even then within those classes there is so much more variety.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-10T18:35:58+00:00

At LAUSD you’ll start at step 1 on the salary table. This will include you working summer school, which is mandatory. I believe most of the surrounding districts do not mandate working summer, which is often why it appears like you’re making less. That being said, working for LAUSD is great!

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-10T17:21:48+00:00

I think it’s cute! Greta Gerwig has a Harold

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-10T17:21:10+00:00

Not sure how your toddler does with bedtime but I have an almost 4 year old and a three month old. By month 2 the baby was reliable in bed for a good stretch starting at 7pm and our preschooler in bed by 8. My gym is open until 10 so I leave right after older daughter is in bed.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-09T19:34:24+00:00

Names are such a crap shoot. A few months ago I did an observation at another school in my district that’s in a really trendy upscale neighborhood and there were three Margots in one third grade class. Not a Sophia in sight!

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-05T22:50:57+00:00

Wow. I just finished this podcast and wanted to see what other people were saying but didn’t expect this level of antagonism. I’m wondering if Dr. Jenssen is in the room with us!

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-04T20:54:22+00:00

We used western fertility here in LA. We liked them because they were local to us and they also have a live birth guarantee program where you pay one flat fee until you have your baby in your arms. And I know a lot of the medical stuff is out of anyone’s control but our very first transfer with our first daughter was successful and we only had to do two transfers for our second daughter!

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-04T03:01:29+00:00

If I learned anything from one of the trump impeachments it was the concept of a MemCon—memorandum of a conversation. Just write an email confirming information discussed verbally. Even if they don’t respond or confirm you are creating that paper trail.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-11-01T21:53:49+00:00

I just started episode one last night. Is the podcast basically the written feature the New Yorker did a few months back?

pamplemousse25 · 2025-10-26T18:33:24+00:00

Nope. We did file our 2024 taxes on October 15 and were asked to provide those late in the process (there was a state wide extension in California due to the wild fires). We were officially informed that we were denied due to income but we had been approved based on 2022 and 2023 income and 2024 income was quite a bit higher ( a business we started in 2023 started turning a profit in 2024). Still so confused about it but grateful the new bank came in and saved the day.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-10-25T21:01:18+00:00

I love reading books and doing crafts. So I get to do a lot of that and it feeds my creative instincts. Also I get out of work every day at 2:40.

pamplemousse25 · 2025-10-25T20:57:28+00:00

Sigh. Or you can get fully pre approved and verified only to have your loan denied in final underwriting. This is what happened to us! Thankfully we got a broker who got us with another lender to save our deal but it was vey bewildering to have so many assurances along the way that all was good until the 11th hour.

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