For those of you who have read my previous 'remodeling' posts, you'll remember my narrative covering the construction of the roads around our house. With only two weeks (yes, I said two weeks!) til school starts, the crew have their hands full; but they even worked on Saturday to keep on schedule. They've made excellent progress. Half of the street has already been set; they're working on the other half now. They still have two side roads and driveways to pour (including three driveway ends of ours); so, yes, I'm still parking on the side road, but I sure am grateful not to have to walk a mile to my house. Maybe we'll have a party when the roads are all finished.
We decided to arrive a bit early for school registration; and it amazed me how much time we saved doing that. My eldest is a junior this year. It's hard to believe she's that close to graduation. My youngest, who is home schooled, will be in 8th grade.
Sometimes I wonder how many families out there have their kids in different school systems like we do, with one in public school and one home schooled. Most of the home school magazines I read represent families who have all of their children at home. Perhaps there are more families like mine than I realize. If you have more than one child and one of them is home schooled and the other attends elsewhere, you are welcome to leave a comment about your experience.
There was a time when both of my children were home schooled, but once my eldest entered public high school, and my youngest went to public middle school, only one child decided to go back again. The other child decided they preferred to be home schooled.
It took a little getting used to having one student in public school and one at home. I still had to follow a school schedule with holidays and after school pick up times while I also experienced the more flexible schedule with a home schooled student. It will be the same for this school year.
But I choose to be available for both of my kids, regardless of what kind of schooling works for them. And with new streets, that just makes the start of a new school year even better.
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