I often second guess my decisions (really, who doesn’t?).  I usually hem and haw, and don’t ever want to decide in case I guess wrong.  You can ask my husband — it drives him bananas.  However, that being said, I know we made the right decision in sending Madison to private school.

As many of you may remember, this is a decision we really did struggle with.  It sucks paying high property taxes and then have to pay tuition too.  That being said, I am not happy with our local school district.  I’ve been trying to find out how many kids are in a class since last August.  They refuse to tell me.  The school tells me to the call the district, and the district refuses to tell me.  According to the referedum paperwork (said referendum has failed 4 times now), there is up to 34 kids in a class.  Oh yeah, and no teacher’s aides either.  The public school also has no music or art classes.  Kindergarten is also only 2.5 hrs a day.  Would you send your child there?

We opted to pay the tuition and send Madison to private school.  There she has gym, computer, art, and music once a week.  It is also full day.  We knew that going in and were happy with it.  What we didn’t count on was how much she was going to love it.  We also didn’t count on in the first 5 weeks of school, she would be learning to read already.  She has 20 sight words she can do!  She also learned the sign of the cross, the glory be prayer (I don’t know what the name of the prayer), and the our father!  She is terrified to get a yellow or red light (which is how the teacher keeps them in line).  She loves her teacher, and she loves being in school.

We recently went to her open house Tuesday night.  We learned that her teacher had been married in the church there and had sent her own children to this school.  That makes me feel good.  It means she also is invested in the school and the church.

Since the first week of school, I have been a peace with my decision.  I knew it was the right one after seeing how happy she was and how much she has been learning.