I don't have any pictures of any recent events to update everyone on, and I haven't written in a while, so I just thought you would like to know what I have been going through lately! Ha! Ha!
I am stressing so much about Olivia starting kindergarten in September this year! I can't believe I am worrying about this already, she was just a baby yesterday, wasn't she? My baby is getting ready for kindergarten. It is so scary.
It is so stressful because of the options we have and then the decisions we have to make. I wish I could say that the decision is so hard because we really just want to make the right decision as far as her education and what is best for her, but on top of that we have to make a sound financial decision as well. It is all weighing so hard on me.
Our options are to send her to the public school here in Brookfield. The public schools in our town are great, so I am not worried about that as far as the education she would be receiving and it's free of course. The issue is that for kindergarten they only have two full days and then 3 short days a week. I am ok with the morning bus because she would get on the bus before I leave for work, but I am on the fence as to where to send her for after school care and worry about what bus she gets on every day, what time and the cost is ridiculous for a place like the YMCA after school. I don't know.
Our other option is to send her to the Catholic private school where she is right now for Pre-school. I like the school as far as the education and smaller classes and that there is really only one class for each grade and it's very personalized for each student. I also like that they incorporate faith within their teachings. The other great thing about sending her there is that again she gets on the bus before I leave for school and they have 5 full days where she gets out at 3PM and then she can stay at the school for their after school program until about 4:30 when Erik could pick her up. This way I don't have to worry about being at work and her getting on a different bus every day and where she is going. The problem is that we have to pay tuition, uniform and then the after school as well. I also like the school because it is K through 8th grade, so I don't have to worry about her switching schools until high school, but the down side to this is that she is going to private school for K-8 and then when she starts highschool she is going to be like the "new kid" her Freshman year because most of the kids starting highschool where she would go will have gone to the public schools. Again, I don't know!
Last option is the Magnet School which I am really excited about, however, we sent in her application, but it is a lottery, so who knows if she will get in. They were anticipating accepting over 600 new students this year! It is only K through 5th grade, so again I have the issue that she would go there until 5th grade and then start Junior High as the new kid. It is free, so we don't have to pay tuition except for the after school program that they offer. It is in another town, but they have a bus to and from, so that is also a plus. I have a feeling this option is out because of the lottery, I never win! HA! HA!
So, I stress about this continuously and I have to make up my mind. HELP! Anyone have any suggestions, thoughts, ideas? Oh and then there is Scott. I need full time daycare for him starting in September! LOL I have been in talks with the daycare provider that Olivia went to from when she was 2 until 3 when she started Preschool at St. Joe's and she has been wonderful, so hopefully that works out!
Anyway, that is my problem for right now.
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