My daughter loved the BrainQuest workbooks. Very colorful, fun, and secular ( I never saw anything that suggested religion). RRC used to carry them; I would think they still do.

Amazon. We're out in the boonies, so I usually plan in advance what we're going to need for the coming school year, and order as early as possible.

Yeah, ebay has totally stuck it to the seller. The last time I was selling over there, the buyer said the books smelled musty; my husband said they smelled new to him. I instantly refunded her the money. When I got the books back, the buyer hadn't even pack them properly, just threw them into a box, so when they arrived, the pages were damaged. **sigh**

The sirens only go off here for a warning. Yes, I agree I would be questioning your local area's officials. The weather has gotten a lot crazier here (Iowa), and we watch for tornadic activity from March through about October. We just had a severe hail storm on February 28th that damaged our house and garage roofs. **edited to add** I used to live in OK. None of the houses (that I lived in--three different ones) had basements. I was flabbergasted that there were none. I was told it was due to the red dirt. This was back in the mid-80's.

I totally "get" your DD's problem. (((HUGS))) My daughter (14) has never been able to ever make a friend, never. And it's not from trying. I see so many shades of my daughter in what you've stated about yours. We've been trying to make plans for her future. She suffers from depression, anxiety, some sensory, some health problems, etc. It's my goal to make sure she gets her permit by the time she turns 15. I want to make sure she learns to drive (her anxiety will make this difficult). My daughter never has anyone to invite over for her birthday, no one to text, no one to chat about teen stuff, etc. We do keep trying though. I'm trying to find a new Girl Scout Troop that has Cadettes for the fall. It's definitely a work in progress. The ladies have given a lot of good advice. I just wanted you to know you're not alone in your sadness for your daughter. I do hope things get better. A mother's heart breaks for her child when they're sad and lonely.

I'm also checking into T4L (as a base) and then adding to it. I was going to use Connections Academy High school), but I think my DD has too much going on ( health and psychiatric/depression problems).. There is a high school T4L group on Facebook FYI.

I second that it's wonderful you have a good lawyer. Definitely get everything you can get after 28 years of marriage. What a total jerk! :smash:

Thank-you for responding. My daughter had a Dr.'s appointment so I couldn't reply until now. Do the students have teachers for each subject? Is the student assigned a Guidance Counselor to discuss what classes to take, ACT testing, etc? I appreciate you giving me so much information. I'm really torn about what to do for high school; I guess if CA doesn't work out though, we don't have to continue past one year. Again, thank-you very much.

Thank-you, Mark T.

I'm trying to find info pertaining to CA, so I'm searching through old threads. My daughter has always liked routine and structure, and seems to be craving more and more structure as she nears high school. I'm wondering if Connections Academy would be good for her. It seems like the majority of people don't have a positive experience with online public school. I've, for the most part, already heard the bad. I'm interested hearing from people that had a good experience with them. Thank-you. :bigear:

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Ebay.

We began this past weekend due to DD having two appointments this week. I don't ever remember it being this hard to get started. I really wanted to wait another month. **sigh** :svengo:

It happened here about three years ago: microwave, washer, fridge, and laptop all bit the dust. Crazy.

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Ebay seems to have quite a bit of used curriculum.

Maybe check out Starline Press? RRC has it.

Griffin

We just adopted an 11 year-old dog and she is half beagle half golden retriever. She's a very loving, sweet dog. Glad you made your decision and are happy.

I grew up in Iowa, lived in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and am now back in Iowa. I usually keep a close eye on the weather, even pertaining to watches, due to the fact that when the conditions are right, things can change in a hurry. One of the reasons we bought this house was the fact that it has a basement. If there are watches, I usually make sure that we stay closer to home than usual. Since I'm a SAHM, I will watch it on the radar and see if it is coming in to our county. If it gets within 40-50 miles of us and is headed right into us, I will throw things in backpacks or bags like medicines, boxes of checks, just ordered school curriculum that I wouldn't want to have to buy again, etc. I will move the safe that holds certificates to the kitchen counter, ready to take downstairs. Definitely no open-toed shoes, long sleeves, spring coats, bike helmets, etc. We also instantly make sure phones are charged 100%, some water in jugs, sweep the area in basement we will be waiting in (seems like it's always dusty), put the two dogs harnesses on and lay out the leashes, etc. If it's a warning, we go to basement as soon as we hear it.

Definitely location. We have really bad neighbors on one side and can't wait to escape from here.

Art Reed gets the vote at our house.

I'm so sorry for your loss. We just adopted an 11 year old dog and I hope she will pass peacefully in her sleep when the time comes.

You might check out Ebay.

I'm so glad this thread has been revisited. I have an artsy-Lit non-stem student who struggles in math and I'm pondering what the academic future holds for us. We are using Saxon (8/7--odds/evens) and TT Pre-Algebra this year. My student (Aspie) needs to come at concepts/topics from different angles and is also a perfectionist. Math class can be very interesting on some days. Thank-you to everyone that commented. :thumbup1: