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Thursday, April 22, 2010
To School or Not to School...That is the question!
Well I found out some unhappy news today. The Yuma area government cut the schools spending just like the school thought. And so now there will be 41 to 1 student to teacher ratios in the classroom, and then no PE, music class, or art classes offered anymore due to the lack of budget and the poor area we are in. SO now here is the question. Do we as parents let our children fall behind on their studies and hope they don't fall behind others in the states on standardized testing (which the Yuma schools are currently testing at about the 51st percentile - just awful) or do we pay 12 thousand dollars a year for the three kids for private school, or do we get lesson plans, and home school them ourselves...which most of the LDS families are doing right now...so we hear. What is your opinion? Do we home school, and offer more advanced courses, and teach them things they wouldn't or couldn't learn in the public school, or what would you do in our situation? Any help would be greatly appreciated...by the way...with home schooling there are numerous groups organized by the school board with other home schooling parents for play dates and field trips and all of that. I NEED HELP, because I don't know what to do.
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Sorry I am of no help. I have no idea. Cute announcement though!
I know many families that home school and it is a great option. I would have a hard time home schooling my kids and staying dedicated each day. If you choose to send them to school you can always work with them at home and try to keep the kids one step ahead.
I agree with Lisa. They need the social growth that comes with attending school. Private teachers in music, sports, and tutors for math plus any other help you can give may just fill the gap. This is one for prayer and fasting.
That is a really good question! I have often thought of it myself. Now I am reading the other comments, I agree with them. I hear the middle and high schools are pretty bad these days social wise, and if my kids ever got a really rotten teacher and the principal wouldn't let them change, I think I'd either move schools or home school or try out a charter school. But I do think they need some kind of social life. Thankfully art, music and pe are things I think I could teach at home. I stink at math!
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