How Can I Convience My Boss To Place Me On A Different Shift?

Where I work there is a BIG pay difference between day shift and night shift. Night shift gets paid more. A LOT more... There is a list about a year long to get on night shift.

That being said, I have been with the company for 2 years and never once wanted to be on night shift, even though I am eligible, however now I find that I HAVE to be.

My daughter has been experiencing such strong bullying at her school that she's become depressed and have often talked to me about suicide. She's only 9!!

Her pediatrician referred her to a therapist and told me to switch her schools to get her away from the problem. Switching classes won't work because she is in the high ability classes and there is only one in her grade. So if she stayed in this high ability class she will be with these same children for the next school year as well!. *THAT'S* where my problem is!

I can get a transfer to switch her school out of the district (it's a small town so she will have to go to the next town over) but I will have to provide my own transportation.

To make matters even more murky my husband was recently hired on at the company he's been working at for the last 8 months via a temp agency at almost DOUBLE what the temp agency was paying! (Yay!) But his hours will go from 11pm to 7am to 3pm-to 11pm. I work 12-8 with a few 9-5's thrown in on various weeks. I also work EVERY weekend. All of the child care providers in this area close at 6. Even the YMCA. None of them are open on the weekends. My husband will have to work some weekends as well.

The only way I can make this work for my daughter is if I can work on the night shift. (1am to9am.)

That way my husband can take her to school at 7am and I can pick her up at 4pm.

Otherwise, she will be left at school until I can get off work at 8pm and get home by 9pm. We all know that can't happen.

I have an appointment with my boss's boss- the head of our department! What should I say to convince him that I should be placed on this premium shift ahead of all the other employees currently on the waiting list? (horrible way to put it but it is what it is.)

FYI- I do have FMLA for my daughter's depression and anxiety. Would that make a difference?

My only other choices are to drop from full time to part time so I can get the hours that I need. But then I won't have any insurance and my daughter won't be able to see her therapist until my husband is eligible for insurance coverage after 90 days. Or, my husband could turn down the job offer. But I'm not sure they would keep him on via the temp agency if he did.

What should I do?!?