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Information for school was provided in several languages at the Boston Public School East Zone Family Resource Center on Dorchester Avenue. David L. Ryan / Globe Staff

    Waiting lists frustrate Boston parents

    Angela Mayes

    Angela Mayes taught her son Adrian Mayes-Weddington , 5, cursive handwriting,at her mother's home in Boston. Mayes moved to Boston from North Carolina to take care of her mother and found that her son was not registered in a school after she thought she had pre-registered him.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011

    Adrian Mayes-Weddington, 5, listened to his mother, Angela.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011
    Angela Mayes tested her son Adrian Mayes-Weddington, 5, on spelling.

    Angela Mayes tested her son Adrian Mayes-Weddington, 5, on spelling.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011

    Information for school was provided in several languages at the Boston Public School East Zone Family Resource Center on Dorchester Avenue.
    David L. Ryan / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011
    Keith Hellmold, assistant director at the center, helped a family with their questions.

    Keith Hellmold, assistant director at the center, helped a family with their questions.
    David L. Ryan / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011

    Students waited at the family resource center.
    David L. Ryan / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011

    Olayemi Phillips packed a lunch for her daughter, Nia, before Nia’s first day of school. Nia is attending James J. Chittick Elementary School, despite the school not being one of her family’s top six choices.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011
    A message wishing Nia a happy first day of school was written on a chalkboard in the kitchen of the Phillips family.

    A message wishing Nia a happy first day of school was written on a chalkboard in the kitchen of the Phillips family.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe StaFF | October 2, 2011

    Olayemi admired her daughter's school uniform.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011
    Olayemi Phillips talked to her daughter, Nia, before Nia’s first day of school at James J. Chittick Elementary School in Mattapan on Sept. 12.

    Olayemi talked to Nia before Nia’s first day of school at James J. Chittick Elementary School in Mattapan on Sept. 12.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011
    Olayemi got her daughter to smile for her husband Charles, in the schoolyard.

    Olayemi got her daughter to smile for her husband, Charles, in the schoolyard.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011

    Nia sat in class on her first day of school.
    Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff | October 2, 2011