Sam Hinkie

Here's our dynamic.

What I really want to know is the answer to this question.

If we show up at age six, is there any way in which you can force him into the first grade and say he's just come from pre-K, but you can make him skip kindergarten?

And the guy, very patient, God bless him.

I've given him my three minute preamble to it.

He says, no, we can't.

You've read the statute, right?

We will try to make you sign a waiver.

We will probably send your kid to like a school psychologist kind of thing.

We'll tell you the downsides of this.

We will tell you we prefer not to do this.

But if you're adamant and we'll sign the papers, your six-year-old can go to kindergarten.

And there's no way in which at our school district, we can force you to first grade.

I said, great, cool.

He said, can I ask you a couple more questions before we hang up?

I said, sure.

He said, you live in our school district.

I said, yes.

And he said, you picked it because you thought it was the best school district in Houston.

I said, yes.