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9 Worst Things About Getting Ready for School In White Lake and Highland

The start of the 2013-2014 school year is just around the corner for students in White Lake and Highland.

The weather is getting cooler and the back-to-school commercials are on a constant loop. Yes, it's that time of the year - time to send the kids back to school.

Patch asked on the White Lake-Highland Patch Facebook Page what the worst part of going back to school was. Here are your answers and more, in no particular order:

1. The traffic in the mornings and afternoons around schools like White Lake Middle School and Oxbow Lake Elementary when you have to drop-off and pick-up your kids.

2. Back to school shopping.

3. "Homework!" - Kristy Hooper Natwick

4. "Getting into a different routine!" - Trina Todoroff Zschering

5. "Shopping with a teenage girl that can't make up her mind on what looks cute." - Sandy Faloon Neace

6. "I just got this semester's bill from WMU." - Sandy McGlew

7. "Wondering if my son is going to be bullied again this year or if the school will be able to get it under control. Not knowing if I should send him or home school him." - Kristin Gambicki

8. Getting kids back on a normal sleep schedule.

9. Getting you kids organized and prepared for the start of a new school year.

Did we miss something? Tell us in the comments what you hate most about getting ready for school.


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