Tondi G
11-29-2006, 01:10 PM
I just got an email from the Charter School that Mason is on the waiting list for. There is a spot opening up in their Kindergarten and he is the next up on the waiting list! They want to know if we want the spot or not.
The pros to this school is that it is a Charter School, brand new this year.There are two kids from Mason's Preschool that are already enrolled there and as far as I know their parents are thrilled with the school. It is in a temporary location that is very close to us now. They most likely will move in the future and are looking in the area that is/could be approx 20 to 30 mins from us in traffic! Here is the site for the Charter School
http://www.losfelizarts.org/index.htm
The pros to the regular public school he is at now are
it is very close (8 blocks or so)
we know quite a few of the families now and like them very much
DH's best friends kids go to the school and live 2 blocks from there... they can pick Mason up for me when Aidan's nap runs over, in the case of an emergency etc.
It doesn't have the best API scores (795 out of 1000) but they are working on that... and what do scores really mean in elementary schools really????
The school has a really nice mix of nationalities/races
the parents are pretty involved and their principal seems to be very involved as well
I just don't know what to do??? I called and they are ready for him NOW. They said he could come and have a look at the school tomorrow and if he is there during recess he could take a look around a classroom too!
We asked Mason and he said yes he wants to go there.... do we let him decide if he wants to change schools?
If I wasn't happy so far with the school he is currently in I would switch him in a heartbeat and but his regular old public school really doesn't seem all that bad to me now! If he had been accepted right off the bat we probably would have started him in the Charter School! I hate to switch him right in the middle of the semester but they are not talking like it would be ok to wait till after christmas break! Oh and for what it's worth his current school day is from 8;16 am to 2:35 the Charter school is from 9:00 am till 1:30!
What would you do? Any advise or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated!!!! HELP! Thanks
~Tondi
Mommy to Mason 7/8/01 and Aidan 5/4/05
The pros to this school is that it is a Charter School, brand new this year.There are two kids from Mason's Preschool that are already enrolled there and as far as I know their parents are thrilled with the school. It is in a temporary location that is very close to us now. They most likely will move in the future and are looking in the area that is/could be approx 20 to 30 mins from us in traffic! Here is the site for the Charter School
http://www.losfelizarts.org/index.htm
The pros to the regular public school he is at now are
it is very close (8 blocks or so)
we know quite a few of the families now and like them very much
DH's best friends kids go to the school and live 2 blocks from there... they can pick Mason up for me when Aidan's nap runs over, in the case of an emergency etc.
It doesn't have the best API scores (795 out of 1000) but they are working on that... and what do scores really mean in elementary schools really????
The school has a really nice mix of nationalities/races
the parents are pretty involved and their principal seems to be very involved as well
I just don't know what to do??? I called and they are ready for him NOW. They said he could come and have a look at the school tomorrow and if he is there during recess he could take a look around a classroom too!
We asked Mason and he said yes he wants to go there.... do we let him decide if he wants to change schools?
If I wasn't happy so far with the school he is currently in I would switch him in a heartbeat and but his regular old public school really doesn't seem all that bad to me now! If he had been accepted right off the bat we probably would have started him in the Charter School! I hate to switch him right in the middle of the semester but they are not talking like it would be ok to wait till after christmas break! Oh and for what it's worth his current school day is from 8;16 am to 2:35 the Charter school is from 9:00 am till 1:30!
What would you do? Any advise or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated!!!! HELP! Thanks
~Tondi
Mommy to Mason 7/8/01 and Aidan 5/4/05