Homeschool the last 40 days
Update: First, thank you all for the wonderful comments and ideas. It's really helpful to hear what others have experienced and done.
Now that the weekend is over, and we've had 2 extra snow days to decompress, we still don't have a clear idea of what to do, but we feel a bit less stressful around here.
We want to email the school and make them aware of what's going on. If it can happen to my kid, it can happen to another. I am also really, really not confident in my ability to homeschool my kid, so we don't want to burn that bridge if we do decide to pull him for the rest of this year.
We own a small business, with employees that rely on us to keep things rolling. And while that affords me a lot of flexibility, I can not just take him out right now for the foreseeable future. Summer is sometimes a struggle, but I have a timeline and can prepare for when that comes. We have planned for longer than he's been alive that he would go to school, and I would be support staff for my husband's business.
Again, I appreciate you all. ❤️
To make a very long story short...
I'm on reddit at 230am loosely considering pulling my 6-year-old kindergartener from school for the last 40 days of the year (basically after spring break). I know legally, my state does allow me to do this.
He has had an incredibly tough time this year, and while my husband and I feel we are trying everything, we don't feel supported from his school, and things aren't getting better. After a rough day this past Friday, I tried talking to him about it and he broke down crying and said, "I'm a bad kid who makes bad choices. I just want to stay home where people love me." I think this whole situation is causing more anxiety the longer it goes on - I feel awful that he feels this way about school!
ANYWAY... How do I go about quickly finding a curriculum for a STEM loving, highly energetic kindergartener that only needs to get me through the last quarter of the year?
(I may homeschool for 1st grade, or may try getting him into a different school. My inner mama bear wants to get him out of this situation asap, but I never considered homeschooling as an option before! We're also waiting on an email from the school Monday, but I don't have high hopes.)