“Brenda got it three days after Christmas?”

“That’s when the official district intake took place,” Mrs.

Gable said, looking up at me.

“Until the safety review on January twenty-fourth, after-school activities are closed to her.

You’ll need to pick her up at three o’clock sharp every afternoon.”

Mrs.

Gable pushed a printed pink administrative notice across the counter.

“Sign the bottom line to acknowledge the schedule change,” Mrs.