feedback wanted on outsourcing from three places

[Merry]

My freshman son has been begging me to let him go to the public high school next year just because he wants to be a "normal" kid.  Most of his friends go there.  He has been taking two classes with a university model school and two online classes and math with me.  So I really want him to continue taking two classes with the university model school next year as the teachers there are excellent.  Then he could take two classes at the public high school and one online class at home.

 

The schedule would be something like this:

 

MWF   English and Biology at the university model school

T TH   Latin with an online school

 

P E or elective is not decided yet.

 

These would be in the morning.  Then the other two, geometry and history/social science, would be in the afternoon at the public school.

 

It looks good on paper but what I am concerned about is that he would have to make a lot of transitions during the day and the week.  He would have to be going from one school to another on MWF and going from the online class to the school on T TH.  He would have different kind of teachers for the three situations and he would have to deal with three different styles of classrooms. 

 

I had wanted very much to continue with the same way of schooling I had been doing ever since I started homeschooling twenty plus years ago and I still believe that this is the best kind of education I can give to the kids.  So that's why I wanted to keep the university model classes and my son, himself, wants to keep learning Latin through the online class. 

 

He does have anxiety/depression issues.  He is getting professional help for them but I am concerned that he still might struggle next year.  I could let him try the schedule for  a few weeks next fall and then he can see if he can continue this way or make a change.  I just don't want to set him up for unnecessary stress if I can figure out in advance if it truly will not work out for him.

 

Have any of you tried a similar schedule with your kids?

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2016 by Merry

[OneStepAtATime]

Wow.  I don't know.  That might work well with plenty of scaffolding but it does seem like a lot of transitioning, especially for a child that is struggling with anxiety and depression.  Does he have any friends at the University Model school that he hangs out with?  Could he be needing more downtime with friends?  Not structured time but just time?

 

Is it common for homeschoolers where you are to take just a couple of classes at that High School?  I ask this last question because here he would be an outsider, a weirdo.  Homeschooling is not supported here.  Other areas are very supportive, though, and maybe there are a lot of homeschoolers that do this where you live.  Perhaps even some from the University Model school?  

[Melissa B]

My 10th grade dd has a similar schedule. She takes two classes at the local high school each afternoon - electives. She takes two classes with our state online school - FLVS and foreign language twice a week (M&W) with a different online school. She also takes math and history at home with me. She hasn't had any problems with the transitions, but it is a bit of a hassle for me getting her back and forth. Luckily, she wanted the foreign language class. If I had to remind her to log-in to her class each time she would probably end up missing half her classes. She plans to do full time dual enrollment at the local CC next year instead. That will be much easier on me. It hasn't been too bad, as the local public school is only 3.5 miles away. But, I wouldn't want to do this more than a year or two. :)

[Merry]

It is common for the homeschoolers to take a few classes at the high school.  The school seems to be friendly to them.  I decided that I will go ahead and make an appointment with the guidance counselor and see how it goes from there.  I will try and see if they will allow him to shadow the classes.