Making Decisions

Well it seems that tough decisions are on the menu this week in our household. It went from having to decide with Dr's about the medicine I was going to be on and how it would affect my body to.....

Now it looks as if the private/Catholic school that my 2nd grade son is at is going to be possibly closing next year. My twins were also going to be attending this school next year for preschool. In just one day I've had to make numerous phone calls trying to arrange many things for a whole years worth of schooling and for 3 children.

So what you may be asking has happened? Well for starters yesterday morning my mother went to drop my son off at school and the doors to the school were locked and no one was able to get in. No one knew why they couldn't get in either. Many parents, teachers and students were standing outside or parked outside, even on the street waiting to be allowed inside the building. All of this was with no explanation. My mom dropped my son off with other classmates and teachers and she pulled out and was immediately stopped on the street by another parent. She pulled over and was asked if they could talk. She said of course and then information just flowed! Come to find out the enrollment which this year had been around 104 will drop next year to around 35. Also about 5 teachers will be leaving.

Of course my immediate reaction is, what will happen to my child and his academics? My son is relatively smart. He has come a tremendous way in 2 years! Will you put him with Kindergarten and 1st and 2nd grade? Will you just cram everyone together? There is 1 5th grader signed up for next year and the majority of the 35 are preschoolers!! Imagine my shock and astonishment that none of us had been notified at all.

Now back to why the school was locked..... well come to find out that the Police Department SWAT team was doing a training exercise across the street at the time. They had signs up and it was apparent that they were training. The principal went balistic and locked the doors! Only, she locked everyone else OUT!!! Does anyone else see an issue here? Oh and if I haven't said it before my husband works for the police department so I can find out for sure it was a training exercise.

I'm just very sad that it has now come to this that my son is going to have to go elsewhere and that all of my children will not be under one roof as we had hoped and wished for. It was such an ideal situation, especially with one of our twins being a respiratory patient. Our oldest knows what to do and we felt confident that he could help until one of us could get there. He could also be a comfort. Now they will not be together in one school except for ONE YEAR. That's so sad to us!

Just pray for our little family and for guidance for us that we may do the right thing for our children. It is so hard raising them and knowing that the decisions you have made are right because they forever impact the people they become!