[TontoKowalski]

Thanks. When people asked "How long are you going to homeschool?" (I bet you're familiar with the question), we always said, "We're committed to this year, and then we'll re-evaluate our options."

Sadly, our public schools are so incredibly bad that we could never seriously consider them as a viable option. I think that we had semi-decided to move Jr into a more traditional private setting in 7th grade. But, we like this school, and they begin in 6th grade... we didn't want him to enter next year as the "new kid."

Maximum class size (and they only have one class for each grade) is 15. Jr had to take a standardized test for entry, and he'd never taken one before. I've never been worried about his being smart, but I was worried whether he would understand "Water is to lake as tree is to _____."

No worries. Passed with flying colors.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent! I'll bet he does great.

We don't have a military school nearby, so we'll have to have a good deal of extra money turn up if Tom wants to be a boarding student somewhere. But if it's God's will, it will happen :-).

[CottonBall]

When people asked "How long are you going to homeschool?" (I bet you're familiar with the question), we always said, "We're committed to this year, and then we'll re-evaluate our options."

That's a good, nonconfrontational answer! If you want to stir up the pot sometime, tell them you'll homeschool until your public schools shape up. Maybe a school board member will be listening in.