Public school

One of the BIG things I've done since we moved up here was to go take a tour of the public school that Ava might be possibly going to. EEK!!! Well, here is how it is for me. Aaron and I have never been dead set on wether or not she would only do one thing her entire school career. (We would just play it by ear and weigh our options each year and re-evaluate. That is still how we will operate regarding their education.)

One thing meaning, just home school or just public or just private. I think there are plus and minus for all of the above but this truly is for me one of the biggest decisions I've had to/make as a mother. I think Aaron looks at it differently than I do, not saying that is a bad thing just saying it is a different thing. He feels right now that is our only choice is to send her to public school I say not really, because I could always home school her this yr again. Mmmmhmmm....Oh.....yeah! I only have a 3yr old, 10 month old and by the time school starts a newborn to addition to a almost 6 yr old by the time school starts. I can do it. easy peasy. Hmmm..I could but....but....

Before we moved up here I did some research on the schools up here. The ratings and what other parents were saying about the school and the teachers. I took this into consideration, considering that I wanted to be in a good school district IF I was to send her to public school. I've been public school all of life with the exception of preschool. Preschool counts. :) Aaron the same except I think he did kindergarten private. and then went into 1st grade public.

Well, back to what I thought when I toured the school. The staff was nice. The teacher who showed me around and the recep. The school is old but they are completely renovating over the summer. This school is actually divided. k-1st grade goes to one school and directly across the street 2nd -5th attend the other. so I like that the smaller kids are with the smaller group and not intertwined with the BIG kids. Anyway, even though the tour was nice, I still had to wrap my brain around this. 2 weeks later I feel better about sending her there. I have more peace about it.

So we will see how it goes. I haven't registered her yet....so......

How did you come to the decsion or how will you come to that descion on your child's education?