Miss Sarah, Miss Maureen and Miss Rebecca have a pretty good understanding of Leila from her time in their class, so if you don't mind, we will take this space to address another aspect of our application:

While we understand that Dec 11 is the day for us to secure our guaranteed space in the Elementary Program, we are still considering some other educational settings, and unfortunately cannot commit at this time.  We are considering other independent schools that include K-12 and are also waiting for the outcome of the public school lottery in our catchment downtown.   

Most of these outcomes should become known by early February, and we would appreciate any flexibility WMA can provide in this regard.  We understand that admissions and staffing decisions will be made in January, so we understand that this might not be possible; however, we wanted to communicate our continued interest in the KG class for September 2018.  

Please let us know the latest date that we might remain in consideration without committing to the 50% tuition.  However, we are quite willing to put down the $1000 deposit to hold our spot.