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Good for you! I, too, a teacher in my system, moved from another county where I lived to put my girls in the county where I teach, and in the area of the county with the school that I wanted for them. I also chose to home-school a few subjects. They both are on full scholarship to wonderful universities and are doing extremely well. My 18 year-old is in her first year of college, but is already a sophomore and will be considered a junior at the end of spring semester. Combining public and home resources DOES work. My area of Virginia is very good about letting parents do that. I'm much further west than you are, though, and it's good to hear good things about that area, too.

I had checked your profile page and seeing as you are a teacher in Virginia is why I was specific as to what district I was talking about.

As I said, our daughter is only in kindergarten, however she was very quickly placed in the advanced 1st reading class where she is getting among the highest grades in the class.

I guess in a way you can say we are doing home-schooling in some subjects, because of the numerous conversations we have had with both of her teachers who have been encouraging us to do further work with her at home. The teachers have gone so far as providing me examples of the types of reading, writing and math projects they would like to see her tackle.

Because of the nature of my husband's work we needed to stay in this region, but did not have to remain in Delaware and among other reasons, the schools here is why we chose Virginia.

There is program here, originally for pre-schoolers, but now much expanded, that is a joint effort between the Community College and the County school district. They hold a reading hour at the library every week and do monthly "field trips" based on a book they all read at home. It encourages family participation in learning projects and also works with the large spanish speaking community we have, helping parents learn English along with the children. So my daughter is actually learning Spanish, in sort of a reverse process.

As I write this she is in her room, not watching TV, but laying on her bed re-reading some stories she and I had read earlier today. I guess we're doing something right!

And it is obvious you did VERY right with your daughters.