Gosselin kids go back to school

Although Jon and Kate Gosselin are in the middle of a public divorce, life must go on in the Gosselin household, which means their kids are heading back to school.

"They're all jazzed up about riding on the bus," Jon Gosselin says of his children. "I'm happy too, because now I don't have to drive them to school."

At the bus pickup point in a local parking lot, Jon and Kate arrived in separate cars around 7 a.m. Twins Cara and Mady, 9, rode with their mom, then ran to hug their dad before boarding. Kate walked onto the bus with them, stayed a couple minutes, then got off – as Jon remained in the parking lot, pacing and appearing to be texting on his phone.

While Mady and Cara were shipped off to the third grade Thursday, Friday will see the sextuplets start junior kindergarten, which is only three days a week, says Gosselin. "Next year will be kindergarten for the little kids, and it will be five days a week," he says.

Gosselin tells PEOPLE that 5-year-olds Hannah, Leah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden and Collin are not all ready for kindergarten yet because they were "preemies."

So, despite their same ages, when it comes to class assignments, "They'll definitely split them up by personality," says their father. "Alexis and Collin are definitely not going to be classmates."

Jon & Kate: Jon Swears "It's Not a Midlife Crisis"

Hours after Kate Gosselin tearfully said she was "shocked" that her estranged husband had begun dating soon after their split, one of Jon Gosselin"s former gal pals is speaking out.
Ex-Star reporter Kate Major sat down with E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic for a two-night interview this week to reveal how her whirlwind romance with the father of eight took a turn for the worse.

Major called the 32-year-old octodad a "liar" for denying they had a relationship.

"We had plans to travel together, to live together and to be together," the 26-year-old said of the reality show dad, who she was spotted with only twice -- once in Manhattan and once in the Hamptons in July. "He made his decision in the Hamptons. He wanted to be with me."

However, Gosselin was telling a different story last week.

He reportedly said his relationship with the blabbing blonde was strictly platonic, and that he had remained faithful to 22-year-old Hailey Glassman, the daughter of his ex"s plastic surgeon.

Kate 2.0 claims the reality star said he was going to call things off with Glassman to be with her.

As a result, Major resigned from her tabloid reporting job, saying it was a "conflict of interest."

"I was with the person I was reporting on," Major said. "He"s the one who actually told me to quit my job. … He told me he was going to Massachusetts to break up with her. I know the truth. He knows the truth. Unfortunately, she did not."

However, Gosselin and Glassman were recently spotted holding hands in New York in a new video on RadarOnline.com.

When asked if they were still a couple, they said they have always been together.

Major begs to differ.

"In no way did he tell me he was going to go parade with his ex-girlfriend. He tried to two-time both of us. He wasn't honest with Hailey. He needs to man up and tell the truth. I"m not going to be the other woman."

Well, Kate 2.0, technically you"re one of two other women.

Major continued to whine about her short-lived relationship with the octodad, insisting she has proof that they were "romantically involved."

"I was not the only one who was around when we were romantically involved," she said. "We were holed up together. It"s not like we were just sitting there doing an interview."

Major is most likely talking about Lindsay Lohan"s fame-loving father, Michael, who quickly weaseled his way into the reality star"s life when paparazzi followed.

Because Gosselin has denied ever dating Major, she said claims that she lied to get media attention have been hard to handle.

"It"s been a nightmare. I did not want to have to do this," she said. "I did not want to have to sell him out, but when he makes me look like a liar, a fool and an idiot, I have to speak out."

Although Gosselin abruptly canceled his two-part interview with the cable channel yesterday, he did offer some last words about Kate 2.0.

Said Jon: "I'm happy that she"s out of my life."