School Enrollment
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We have been wracking our brains about where to send Lucas to school next year. We don’t have to change at all: He could stay right where he is at Hidden Treasure for another year. However, he has been accepted to the Sacramento Waldorf School Red Rose Kindergarten, and if he goes there next year, he’ll actually spend 2 years in the Kindergarten. That’s what the SWS prefers. Our preschool teacher wants him to stay with her another year, partly because she loves him, and partly because she thinks he benefits from hands-on care and attention. There are 24 children in the Kindergarten with 2 teachers and 12 children in preschool with 1 or 2 teachers. Presumably, there will be less hands-on care in the bigger class.
I’ve made charts, lists of pros and cons, looked at if from every angle at just about every hour of the day and even in the wee hours of the morning, and I still don’t know what to do. Lucas is aware that kids are going on to Kindergarten and he’s sure that he wants to go and is ready to go. But what does he know?
Driving him to and from Carmichael twice a day has become really a pain in the ass. I’m not at all thrilled about the prospect of another whole year of that, since I’m sick of it now, even though it has only been 5 months. I love Jennifer’s school and garden, but it’s really far away.
We’re concerned about changing schools again, given that we did that a bunch of times last fall. That change was kinda rough on him.
Kindergarten costs more, but I can also get more hours of care, and therefore work more hours in peace.
And, to make things extra tough, our friends the Bs are starting a preschool in their home, which is within walking distance from our home. The are offering up to full-time care. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
We have to decide today.
March 24, 2006 at 8:07 pm
You either already know what to do, or there isn’t enough information to make the “right ™” decision. If it’s the first, I recommend you do it. If it’s the second, I recommend you flip a coin and let the gods decide. If you are worried about what others will think of your decision, I recommend you do what you want, and tell them you flipped a coin. 😉
March 25, 2006 at 12:15 am
Well, we decided. I feel better. I think.
Sometimes it sucks being a Gemini.