I’m talking about the hoops you have to jump through. The public high school that Brown Bear Daughter will be attending in the fall just called, and they want only four things:
1. A copy of her birth certificate.
2. A copy of her Social Security card.
3. Her immunization record.
4. Proof of residency.
Bad, disorganized mother that I am, can you guess which of those things I can actually produce on demand? Well, I do have two of them and half of another. I hope I don’t have as much trouble getting her a Social Security card as I did my oldest son. We practically had to pass an act through Congress to get him a Social Security card a few years ago, soon after 9/11.
Anybody know what hoops I have to jump through to get a Social Security card these days? We’ve always homeschooled, and now I feel as if I’m committing Brown Bear Daughter to an institution; wait, I guess I am.
9 thoughts on “Public School Hoops”
Why on earth do they want a copy of her SS card? Are they going to pay her to attend high school?
SSA website tells two types of ID: one from column A and one from column B – you might be able to do it through the mail…. unless there is a time issue
Actually, getting a SS card shouldn’t be *too* difficult. Mine was pretty easy to replace when I lost it a few years back, and very easy to have changed when I got married in 2003. The info from Dana should give you all you need. Good luck!
I know how you feel. I’m putting my last one left at home, autistic ds, into Catholic school half-days for various reasons (we’ve always h’sed) and I can’t believe the beaurocracy we had to go through!!!! (This is Canada, btw). I feel the same way about committing him to an institution, I made sure our enrollment papers included that we “reserved our parental rights to remove him from the system at any time” yada yada yada. Thankfully, they didn’t have a problem with that.
We attend a public school in Texas … our school district asks for a SS# as well. We told them we don’t give that info out and they accepted that answer.
In our School district it is used as an internal student id number … they just assigned the boys a different number. Find out what they need it for.
I can bet that are a few people who go to the school who can’t get a SS# for one reason or another. They have to have another way to deal with that lack of information.
I am going through the same process as well…changing from private Christian school to public school. Luckily we only need a birth certificate and immunization record because I have misplaced her SS card (although we are doing the paperwork to get a replacement and it isn’t proving too difficult). I agree with Shannon…why do they need it unless they are going to pay her?
I thought that SS cards were issued at birth. Shows what I know! 🙂
I would almost bet that if you talk to the school, you can get away with NOT giving them the SS number. There are so many privacy concerns with that, I can’t believe they ask for it.
In some states you can apply for a SS card when you fill out the baby’s birth certificate information, and in some states, you can’t. Where we live, you have to take the newborn baby (to prove he/she was born…how dumb is that?) downtown to the SS office (amongst all the germs…eww.) to apply for a card. Can you tell this always infuriates me?
Sheri, I just wanted to come by and say I know how you’re feeling. I’ve been fighting burnout for a couple of years now, and since we’ve finally moved into an excellent school district, dh and I have decided to put all four of our oldest children in school this year. I might cry every day and end up pulling them out next year, but for now, I am breathing a sigh of relief.
I’ve been facing a long of stressful circumstances over the past few years, and now that they’re past me, I’ve been left realizing that I haven’t taken care of myself, and I need some time to regain my faith, my emotional stability, and my strength. Yes, it does feel like you’re shipping off your children to an institution, especially when you’ve always homeschooled (we have), but for whatever reason you’ve chosen, you’re doing what’s best for your daughter and your family.
Why on earth do they want a copy of her SS card? Are they going to pay her to attend high school?
SSA website tells two types of ID: one from column A and one from column B – you might be able to do it through the mail…. unless there is a time issue
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber/
Actually, getting a SS card shouldn’t be *too* difficult. Mine was pretty easy to replace when I lost it a few years back, and very easy to have changed when I got married in 2003. The info from Dana should give you all you need. Good luck!
I know how you feel. I’m putting my last one left at home, autistic ds, into Catholic school half-days for various reasons (we’ve always h’sed) and I can’t believe the beaurocracy we had to go through!!!! (This is Canada, btw). I feel the same way about committing him to an institution, I made sure our enrollment papers included that we “reserved our parental rights to remove him from the system at any time” yada yada yada. Thankfully, they didn’t have a problem with that.
We attend a public school in Texas … our school district asks for a SS# as well. We told them we don’t give that info out and they accepted that answer.
In our School district it is used as an internal student id number … they just assigned the boys a different number. Find out what they need it for.
I can bet that are a few people who go to the school who can’t get a SS# for one reason or another. They have to have another way to deal with that lack of information.
I am going through the same process as well…changing from private Christian school to public school. Luckily we only need a birth certificate and immunization record because I have misplaced her SS card (although we are doing the paperwork to get a replacement and it isn’t proving too difficult). I agree with Shannon…why do they need it unless they are going to pay her?
I thought that SS cards were issued at birth. Shows what I know! 🙂
I would almost bet that if you talk to the school, you can get away with NOT giving them the SS number. There are so many privacy concerns with that, I can’t believe they ask for it.
In some states you can apply for a SS card when you fill out the baby’s birth certificate information, and in some states, you can’t. Where we live, you have to take the newborn baby (to prove he/she was born…how dumb is that?) downtown to the SS office (amongst all the germs…eww.) to apply for a card. Can you tell this always infuriates me?
Sheri, I just wanted to come by and say I know how you’re feeling. I’ve been fighting burnout for a couple of years now, and since we’ve finally moved into an excellent school district, dh and I have decided to put all four of our oldest children in school this year. I might cry every day and end up pulling them out next year, but for now, I am breathing a sigh of relief.
I’ve been facing a long of stressful circumstances over the past few years, and now that they’re past me, I’ve been left realizing that I haven’t taken care of myself, and I need some time to regain my faith, my emotional stability, and my strength. Yes, it does feel like you’re shipping off your children to an institution, especially when you’ve always homeschooled (we have), but for whatever reason you’ve chosen, you’re doing what’s best for your daughter and your family.