New Schools

When Christmas break was over we got thegirls registered in their new schools. What a difference from the New York City school system. Illinois schools are not allowed to refuse to accept kids.

In NY the school would not even talk to us until we had proof of our address. We had to wait something like 2 weeks for a letter from the utility company. The housing contract wasn't accepted. Anyway, here the school never even asked us for proof of where we were living.

Katie is in 6th grade at Carbonadle Middle School and Abby is in 2nd grade at Thomas School.

School in NY started at 8:45 and went to 3. Here it starts at 8 and goes to 2:45. We miss those later mornings.

When we went to pick up Katie after school there were 21 cars ahead of us in the pick up line.

Abby has done fabulous and had no problems here. Thank goodness. Her teachers would never believe she is the same child as in NY. However, the NY class was a gifted class and doing much higher level work. She is enjoying the break from school work but will quickly be bored. She has already covered the chapters in the math book and is easily getting perfect scores on the other work.

Katie's school is set up the way my high school was. She has a locker and a schedule and goes to different rooms with different kids and different teachers for each subject. Huge adjustment from home schooling and from her previous school. She likes the independence and seems to be doing okay. We are working hard to stay on top of the homework and ensure she makes the transition smoothly.