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Right now we are in the middle of moving to a different town. We are sleeping at the new house with stuff still at the old house. Right now each morning I am driving Ashlynn who is in 1st grade to her school which is 10 miles each way. So if I go back to the new house that would make it 40 miles a day driving. Right now with gas prices at $3.39 here it is getting really spendy. So my question is do I switch her to the new school now or keep driving her to her old school. School ends June 8th. Dh says that we should switch her I am doubtful, Ashlynn says that it is fine to start a new school.
Thoughts?
Opinion?
Ideas?
Thanks!!
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If it were me, I would let her finish at the old school. She may be at a different "place" in curriculum (sp) than what the new school would be at this time.. Also, it will give her a chance to enjoy the "end of the school year" activities with her current friends.
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You can always talk to the new school first to see where they are with the curriculum. If they are the same or close, there is nothing to worry about there.
I have different mind set. I say let her meet her "new friends" now and then she will have something to look forward to when she starts next year. She will already know who some of her "new friends" are.
When we moved in the middle of a school year, I had this dillema as well. My dd brought a white T-shirt to school and had the entire class sign it. She still has it hanging in her closet to this day. My ds did something very similar with a notebook, he had everyone sign it like a yearbook.
And if she is fine with going to the new school now, I say go for it!! It will save a gas and money too which is a bonus!!
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I'm inclined to switch her just so she might have a chance to meet a few kids before summer break. Would you still arrange play dates with kids from the old school? You'll also get a better sense of the new school and how to prepare for the fall.
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I guess I am kind of leaning towards switching her. That way she has familiar faces net year when she starts. Plus maybe someone lives in the neighborhood and she would have some friends to play with in the summer.
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With less than a month before school is out I would leave her at her old school. My family moved A LOT. I was a junior in high school before I went to a school for a full year. I found it easier to adjust at the beginning of the year when everyone was in a new class rather than late in the year when friends had been made a groups had been formed.
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I would also let her finish at the old school...
We moved in Feb and my kids are still at their old school (20 miles away). It is a lot of driving but we felt switching them would be hard on them. We have TONS of kids in our new neighborhood and they've already met a bunch of new friends, so I'm not worried about that aspect at all.
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I would leave her too. The last few weeks are filled with so many fun activities and it will be nice for her to have that time with her friends in a familiar setting. Plus it will just give her some closure to finish out the school year at the same school. She will be fine starting fresh in the fall. We changed my ds last fall and I stressed and stressed over it and after the first couple of weeks of school he never even mentioned his old school (that he had absolutely adored). He jumped right in and made friends very quickly. I think fall is a great time for a fresh start anyway.
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I would let her finish at the old school also.
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I faced this same issue last year w/ ds when we moved. I was driving him at first (20 miles each way) and it just got to be too much. So we decided to switch him to the new school boy, were we glad we did! He got to meet alot of "new" friends and his new teacher for next year as well as some of his classmates for the next year. I worked out really well for ds.