The Short One is going to be starting school again here in about a month. He's in the third grade this year and very excited about it. And scared, too. Why? Because thanks to our living and financial situation, we've had to pull him out of the parochial school he's been at since kindergarten and enroll him in the public school system.
I'm not worried about how he'll do; the Short One is an extremely outgoing, gregarious, active kid who will have no trouble making new friends. But no kid likes to be removed from a place where he's comfortable. And I'm afraid that he'll be missing out on the things that I had as a student in parochial schools. And our school district isn't as good as it could be. But it's better than it's been the last few years, so I'm being as optimistic as I can, for everyone's sake.
But it's definitely not fun to have to take the money you used to use for your child's better education and use it for gasoline to drive to work more than a hundred miles away. Nope...not fun at all.
But we're counting on good things from going to this new school: lower school supply cost (they tell me there is a student fee of $20, which will cover whatever supplies he needs...we shall see) and the possibility of busing to school instead of my driving to drop him off and pick him up would be good.
And what is the Short One happiest about? NO MORE UNIFORMS. Ha ha!
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