I was working with my first grade group this morning and got them going on their activity when they started chatting about enrollment. While they worked on their project together, a couple of them were talking about how they aren’t going to be able to go to that school next year. Now, I don’t know why they aren’t going to go there next year, but I can imagine that economics will play a huge part in enrollment for next year. If you have one or two children, tuition is manageable-maybe, but I can’t even imagine writing the check to pay for three or more kids to go there. There are scholarships available, but there is only so much scholarship money available and that money is usually set aside for families who, without a scholarship, would never be able to send their child/ren to school there. It makes me sad for the school and the families who love the school so much, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
Economic Troubles Hit First Grade
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
How hard that must be for the kids. I can’t imagine having to tell D that he has to go to a new school after he’s gotten so settled in at his current one.