New Phase

We've decided to give WAVA a try with Joel. He seems excited about it. It's been a couple of years of him not loving school and having a tough time keeping his hands to himself in class and driving his teachers nuts and riding the bus a couple of hours each day. I feel like we gave the traditional school a fair chance. The prospects of it getting better with time seem remote as class sizes are predicted to rise next year and more budget cuts are expected. So, I think I'm ready to try something else.

I'm nervously excited. It'll be a big adjustment for me to be "home-schooling" him. I love having large chunks of time to myself during the week, so we'll see how I handle the new schedule as soon as things rolling. A "pro" is that the K12 curriculum is already provided along with all the supplies, so that makes things much easier for me, I think/hope. Another "pro" is that WAVA is a public school, so we don't have to pay for anything. Some kinks to work out that I'm expecting is figuring out how to share my computer with Joel for a large portion of the day, keeping track of hours he spends on each of his courses, and making sure he doesn't burn out and lose his enthusiasm/motivation.

Stay tuned and wish us all luck.