Children: Half-Registered

Or half pre-registered, so is that a quarter registered?  I went to the Mairie for the 4th Arrondisement this morning and registered my children for school.  Except they only accept registrations for maternelle and elementaire (primary/grade school) and not collège (middle school), and I still have to contact the elementary school to speak with the director in order for the youngest two to be fully enrolled.  The older two kids have a separate registration process, so I have a number to call in order to find out which school is the proper one to contact.  (Yes:  a call in order to be able to make a call.)  But I still consider it a success!