In the past three years it has been May, but I thought that was only because it took that long to determine they had a place for me. I thought it might come earlier since I got the job offer from the principal at the new school in January (previously I've never known before May), I accepted it immediately, and she said she would be "putting in the recommendation to hire . . ." asap. I plan to write to her again in the next week or so for clarification. I already have once in February and she assured me it would just be a couple more weeks. But now I'm wondering if there's a longer process I'm not aware of and even if she's done her part, HR may take even longer.