Is anyone here considering moving to get in person school?
Friends in London have had kids in school 5 days a week for nearly 2 mos - given it looks unlikely our kids will be in person 5 days until fall 2021, is anyone considering moving?
Friends of ours who had second homes in various places considered staying there and enrolling their kids in the local schools. But then they looked into those schools and discovered they weren't very good. They all decided to keep their kids where they were and go remote. However, most of the kids are in specialized or screened high schools (Hunter, Bard, Tech), so they wouldn't be able to get back in when things return to normal, and they benefit from the name recognition on college applications. For elementary, it might be worth considering, but I would be careful about the quality of the schools. And you might be better off spending that money on babysitting to assist with remote learning instead.
I think our private would hold the kid places so it would be temp but am considering. I dont even care if the school is that good - i just care that my kid gets to go and be around other kids and vaguely learn!
We considered doing this in our second home's town in CT. We are mostly there doing remote school and then going to NYC hybrid 1-2 days/week. I'm still open to changing to school in CT at some point if/when things go south in NYC, but my kids didn't want to switch and one of my kids is applying to MS this year and we need to have him in the system in order to rank preferences, even if it's a lottery (from what I understand). Trying to take things as they come and remain flexible, ready to pivot. Switching to suburban school isn't all that simple. What if DH and I are called back to offices in the city at some point? What if these CT schools also shut down in a couple of months? I'm thinking I'll have a better picture come December/January. Also - if we're remote all winter we may want to take the opportunity to rent a ski house somewhere drive-able (if they're open) and stay for a few weeks. Might as well take advantage of some of the perks of remote.
I don’t know anyone. Our schools are opening this week for those who want but I don’t expect them to stay open for too long. they have to open now due to governmental pressure so I guess it depends on the election how long they remain open.
Friends of ours who had second homes in various places considered staying there and enrolling their kids in the local schools. But then they looked into those schools and discovered they weren't very good. They all decided to keep their kids where they were and go remote. However, most of the kids are in specialized or screened high schools (Hunter, Bard, Tech), so they wouldn't be able to get back in when things return to normal, and they benefit from the name recognition on college applications. For elementary, it might be worth considering, but I would be careful about the quality of the schools. And you might be better off spending that money on babysitting to assist with remote learning instead.
I know someone who did but they were in a not really competitive private. All kids are now in the local school at their second home town.
I think our private would hold the kid places so it would be temp but am considering. I dont even care if the school is that good - i just care that my kid gets to go and be around other kids and vaguely learn!
We considered doing this in our second home's town in CT. We are mostly there doing remote school and then going to NYC hybrid 1-2 days/week. I'm still open to changing to school in CT at some point if/when things go south in NYC, but my kids didn't want to switch and one of my kids is applying to MS this year and we need to have him in the system in order to rank preferences, even if it's a lottery (from what I understand). Trying to take things as they come and remain flexible, ready to pivot. Switching to suburban school isn't all that simple. What if DH and I are called back to offices in the city at some point? What if these CT schools also shut down in a couple of months? I'm thinking I'll have a better picture come December/January. Also - if we're remote all winter we may want to take the opportunity to rent a ski house somewhere drive-able (if they're open) and stay for a few weeks. Might as well take advantage of some of the perks of remote.
I don’t know anyone. Our schools are opening this week for those who want but I don’t expect them to stay open for too long. they have to open now due to governmental pressure so I guess it depends on the election how long they remain open.
I am but don't know where. Remote is a disaster for one of my kids. And we're paying $55k for mostly remote, so tuition isn't the issue for us.
what's happening with the one for whom is disaster?
@Anonymous it's just way too much, too much screen time, having a hard time paying attention, not seeing people, etc.
@Anonymous mine too - he has a couple days in school per week and is normal, days remote is just painful. like watching a horse doing dressage.
We did. Very happy thus far.
oh tell me more. where did you move and how old kids?