Why Homeschool?
Our district is in financial trouble. Three elementary schools are closing after the end of this semester and ours is one of them. The children from these schools will integrate with those elementary schools lucky enough to remain open. Class sizes are predicted to be large, PE specialists are in jeopardy of being let go, and there is a general sense of economic doom. This is not the end of budget cuts. These are some of the reasons we first thought of homeschooling as an option.
Before the trouble in our district, to be honest, we never thought of homeschooling as a solution for our family. We were fully in support of public schools, thinking they were the best option no matter what. However, after considering homsechooling more seriously, researching what it would mean for us, and talking to family, we realized it was a valid option to consider.
We read Lisa Rivero's book 'The Homsechooling Option" and began thinking about homeschooling in earnest.
