I think you need to do some research yourself- often landlords withholding $$ are legally on the hook for 3x whatever they owe you. So say she owes you $1000, you could sue her for $3000. I would act on this sooner rather than later so you can collect all that is owed to you.

Would I love to bring my dog everywhere? Yes. Do I bring my dog everywhere? No: not everyone wants to be around my dog whether it’s legal or not.

Do you mean the rail trail/bike path? I agree it’s lovely but you’re often put at risk by maniacs speeding on bikes. Might not be relaxing environment for new mom with a newborn

Same as the school day. Not a half day program.

If you can’t get into the school you want via lottery, prepare for the mid-year switch. All you need is one seat to open at a random time, like November or February and you might be able to snag it. If your kids are young, they won’t care and once you’ve got one kid in, the sibling pull will take care of the others.

You definitely want to register/try and get into the K1 class at 4yo - all those kids graduate into the K2 kindergarten seats and it’s much harder to get in at 5yo than 4yo.