ds11 wants to go to military boarding school next year, he is going into 6th grade next year so thats a no, but the year after i said i'll find one for him
i looked and they're like 40k + a yr!
dh only makes 40k and we have three other children to feed/clothe/house as well as trying to send ds to boarding school!
how the heck are you supposed to support yourself while sending a child away to school?
edit - since this seems to be an on-going theme, ds is NOT special needs, my sn is because i'm a mommy who HAS bi-polar, NOT a mommy TO a bi-polar child, there is no need to find a boarding school for special needs children
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Public school is for everyone. Fancy boarding schools are for rich people. Sorry.
I'm sure they have scholarships for stuff like that.
But fuck that, I would never let my 7th grader live his day to day without me there giving my moral guidance and knowing that he is okay. I don't trust people with my kids for a night, much less an entire year. I wouldn't, if I were you. But that's me.
Boarding schools always seemed like the place where adults who didn't necessarily want to deal with raising kids could pay a lot of money so they could still claim to be a good parent.
I looked into boarding schools for my daughter. The ones that admit based on merit have need-based scholarships and tuition waivers.
Quoting illinoismommy83:Public school is for everyone. Fancy boarding schools are for rich people. Sorry.
Not true. In fact, public schools for a very small population. That's why they fail so miserably. And that's why school choice should be a viable option for all parents/kids.
what to do when the special needs kid is the bully?
Have you ever kept a secret from your spouse?
- bi-polarmommy
on Jan. 22, 2013 at 6:46 PM