Life for the Pittman family will take a dramatic turn tomorrow morning when our first child begins kindergarten. We’re very excited that he will be attending the local fine arts magnet school, where the arts are used to teach the full curriculum and they have more dedicated arts time than typical schools. I’m told there’s a waiting list for teachers to join the faculty and until a couple of years ago, the wait time to enter as a student was more than five years. We were told when we moved to Charleston that because he was already six months old and not yet on the waiting list he probably wouldn’t get in until the first or second grade. The enrollment process is now done by lottery and his number happened to be one of the ones pulled for this year, and we’re grateful.

I think the type of atmosphere fostered at the school will fit our son’s personality quite well and we’re looking forward to a great relationship with the school. But let’s all bow our heads and say a prayer for Mrs. Black and Mrs. Blackburn.