I know you live next to grandparents so he eleven has close adults if he has an emergency. Even his dad is on the property, right, bc he farms? Is there a reason you think you shouldn’t leave him or is it mostly that he’s your oldest and you haven’t? ETA: one of the things I did leave my oldest for was to bring his little siblings to gymnastics.

I would and have left a seventh grader alone for a couple of hours by himself. I would and didn’t leave him with computer access. I would keep my expectations low that school work would get done. I would leave easy things like literature or history reading. Would make sure I checked right away that things got done and I would make sure if he didn’t that they did get done even if it meant having no screen time.

The 28th would have been the emergency. As someone upthread said—at that point they stabilized her and planned the mid-January surgery. So it was planned, but after the emergency.

It's funny you say that. I just read an article last week about a formertrad telling why she left the "movement." (and her marriage)

Hugs to you and your dc ❤️

I think that’s a great idea. My present ninth grader is doing geometry this year but we are also heavily reviewing algebra. I just didn’t think she was solid enough. I’m not going to put the review on the transcript at all. I also think that hitting consumer math hard is probably the most useful math for a child not going into a math heavy major. I think Algebra 2 and consumer math is fine.

It is part of a series.

I think I would just leave this year off and have 3 math credits on her transcript.

Ds was in London last week and his pictures had flowering trees and green grass.

The article I read did say this is a real possibility. The issue is that there has been so many conspiracy theories and news spin and conjecture surrounding her recovery. The picture is seen as a way to calm things down by showing Kate healthy. However, it’s supposedly badly photoshopped which plays on the feelings that things aren’t as they are being portrayed (and Kate is possibly doing very badly.)

Yes. Charlotte’s left hand is a bit off from her sleeve.

I agree. I was blowing off the whole thing as click bait. But this is odd. However, even if she is not doing well, I think she does deserve the privacy to recover.

So she tested positive on Thursday for Covid? Covid made me extremely exhausted for a while. That would be my guess.

Praying

This has made me remember that we lived in 600 square feet when ds was born. Dh was in grad school. It was completely doable at that point. It had a covered porch, which helped. We moved when I was pregnant with my second and that was good. It would have been a challenge to have added another child. I don’t need a ton of space, but don’t like to have no ability to be by myself.

I only know one family doing an online academy where I live.

No, I do not.

I know a couple who did when they first got married. They liked it, but did end up buying a regular house after a few years. It can be confining and you have to stay very organized. I can really only see it working long term for a single person.

We just did it. Youngest entering ninth grade-homeschooled. It has been very positive. Homeschoolers can do school sports, there’s more opps for homeschoolers, less stressful local. Chiefly, though, her dad is much happier with the move which leads to a happier home environment.

Wonderful!

@pinballis bored

No one will know if you switch from outsourced to home. I don’t think it will signal anything even if they do. No one has ever cared about validation of grades in foreign language. My kids all did have outsourced classes but no one knew that. I love ULAT, but it would be really hard to use the way you are thinking. It’s a particular methodology which doesn’t lend itself to switching over. I think your Mommy made class might work the best. I might add a workbook of some kind to reinforce grammar. And maybe some Duolingo or manga work.

Mine graduates did around 27 each. Our umbrella school discouraged higher than 28. Even though top graduates of local schools had more, it did not seem to impact college acceptances or scholarships. ( We did not apply to Ivies, but had acceptances and scholarships at schools like Bucknell and Hamilton and excellent scholarships at other schools.) ETA: oldest had 6 APs; second had 3 APs and 2DEs; third had 3-APs and 2 DEs

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Yep. I think I’m a county over from you. That’s a dangerous drop because it would be easy to send your child to school with the wrong clothing. I texted dh when I noticed bc he’s not great at noticing weather drops.