I am feeling a little crazy about my nervousness to the extent that I thought about contacting our educational psychologist just to go in for my own private consultation.
The decisions about schooling my child have been some of the hardest decisions I have ever made in my life. What if we think this will be a good situation and it isn�t? (We are moving our DS from his current school within our community to a HG school in a neighboring district) What if DS is not happy? (While my DS does not fit in his current environment, it is familiar and close � he is a relatively happy kid, but he has adapted a lot to his learning environment) What if all these changes are too much for him? (He was subject accelerated in K, grade accelerate mid year in 1st and now will be at a new school. He also will be one of the youngest kids because the program starts at 3rd grade and he was grade accelerated. It is also a 3/4 cluster). What if these changes are too much for us as a family? (All in all, we have a good relationship with our current district and I think we are respected in our community � they have attempted to work with us, they just simply cannot provide what he needs. Also, the commute will be a big challenge.)
But, I guess I just want that normal environment for him � where his gifts are celebrated instead of tolerated and his way of thinking is normal and encouraged � but I am still nervous about taking the step that I hope will get us closer to a good fit. I hope to be in St. Pauli Girl�s situation next year!
