I am not sure of W's timetable for all of this but I suspect she will want to move on this as soon as possible after Thanksgiving. I am reasonably sure she would also want to have this "arrangement" last as long as possible since our kids are in a private school with reasonable tuition and the public schools in our zone are vastly underperforming...
I'll do my best to keep you (and everyone else) updated...
Me 52, STBEX 52 D 17, S 12 M 20 years Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009