A parent’s dream
Feb 20th 2008KarenUncategorized
Our search for just the right school for The Boy has been a multi-year odyssey. In Roanoke, The Community School fulfilled our dream of a school with rigorous academics, lots of time for physical activity and encouragement to mix socially with the bigger kids. The Boy loved it, and so did we.
The move to Richmond has been challenging. The new school, Stony Point, hasn’t lived up to our expectations. For the price we’re paying we want to be not only satisfied, but wowed. At this point, we are neither.
So our hopes for next year are pinned on Steward, a fabulous private school that we can afford only by making some significant sacrifices. If he doesn’t win admission there, we’ll send him to public school. For the money, it’s a better choice than Stony Point and we can make up the deficiencies with private music and art programs.
We want so badly to give our son the best education and social opportunities possible. How do other parents handle this?
4 Comments »
Tanyetta on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:28 pm #
You mentioned he has to win admission.
Is there a lottery for schools there?
I hope things work out
Leslie on 06 Mar 2008 at 8:11 pm #
You made it K, You are now on my blog-roll. Start jumping for joy….or not! I hope you are feeling better.
tommy on 08 Aug 2008 at 8:56 am #
well, when moved to phoenix from nj one of the biggest factors was school. we put the kids in a charter waldorf school here and we’re pretty happy overall. it’s not totally free either, and charter schools are not easy to run.
both of us are and will stay very involved with the school; wifey on a day-to-day basis and i am on the board, and the school also has a lot of volunteer/community activities which we jump in on when we can.
it was not an easy decision to leave everything we knew, but our options were limited where we were… i could go on, but not here…
tommy on 08 Aug 2008 at 8:57 am #
i meant ‘we’ not ‘when’
i’m my worst proofreader!