Kindergarten

It seems so unreal that in just a year and a half, Jadon will be a kindergartener! Even though its still a year and a half way, we are starting to think about what to do for kindergarten- public school, private school, homeschool... you get the point.

One of the reasons why we wanted to buy a house in North Albany was because the schools are good. The North Albany schools have high ratings. But the other day I read an article in the local newspaper about the possibility of closing 3 elementary schools in Albany. 2 of which are in North Albany. This would mean all the students from those 2 schools would be moved to the remaining 2 North Albany elementary schools. On top of that, the article says "Classroom populations likely will increase across the district by an average of two or three students, Delapoer said; not because of the closures but because she has proposed cutting 17 teaching positions." So not only is it a possibility that the schools will close making larger classes to begin with, but since they are cutting teacher positions, the classes are going to grow by 2-3 students as well. And, of course, this happens just a year and a half before Jadon goes to school.

Now, I grew up with smaller classes all my life, but i've heard that larger class sizes are getting out of hand. We want our children to have a good education.
So, we've been thinking about alternatives.
Homeschooling is an option, but I really dont think its for us. Jadon needs that time away from home and around other children. Not to mention, I just dont know if I could do the whole homeschooling thing every day.
Private school, is not really an option. Much too expensive to fit our budget. Thats fine, we can teach him about Jesus and biblical principles at home and at church, and kids at private schools have their issues just as much as public schools. Remember, I went to school for 9 years at a christian school, and learned all about snobs.

So, we've been toying with the idea of moving to Corvallis. Obviously thats just talk right now and nothing more. We do most of our activities in Corvallis anyhow, because we strongly dislike Albany. And we always talked about moving to Corvallis... maybe that time is now!

Anyways, whatever we decide is going to be based on thoroughly examining all our options, and lots and lots of prayer!!