hooray

[sassyj]

Hi Everyone,

Hooray, we have finally recieved a decision from the specialist independent school we want our DS to go to and they have agreed

He starts part time on the 18th of May and then hopefully all being well he will start full time after the half term holiday.

We have been thru the mill trying to get him statemented and now it is finally over, I am also scared to get excited because something is bound to go wrong (isnt it?)

I have been home-educating DS for a yr now and to be honest I'm spent emotionally, physically and mentally, I really need the break, so him going to school will give me some of my life back ( i hope)

 

To all you home-edders out there, well done, I tried but just couldnt do it long term with DS.

 

Sarah

[NickyB]

That's brilliant, sarah

 

Sounds like you deserve a bit of a break, so enjoy.

 

 

[baddad]

 

Very best with the new school etc

 

[Karen A]

Great news Sarah.Karen.

[sassyj]

Thanks everyone, will let you know how he gets on. I am counting the days down.

Sarah

[Clare63]

Hi Sarah,

 

Well done and congratulations, I know only too well how you feel, just wanted to say though be gentle with yourself, things don't always fall into place straight away (well not unless you are really lucky) . We had a few wobbles at the very begining but my son has settled so well and come on leaps and bounds, was so worth all the fighting, however personally I felt a lot worse for a period after he started the new school than I did whilst fight the EA and getting the statement etc., can't really explain what I mean, just generally exhausted and tired, think my expectations had become so high that the new challenges brought by starting a new school unsettled "me" more than I could possible imagin.

 

Wishing you the very best of luck.

 

Clare x x x

[Kathryn]

Excellent news!!

 

 

K x

[sassyj]

Hi Claire,

I do worry about how I will be when DS goes to school, I am expecting to feel exhausted , anxious and a bit flat for a while, I suppose when you have been fighting things for so long and they actually come to a happy conclusion all the steam gets knocked out of you.

I wont have too much time to dwell tho as its my daughters 18th birthday and My bruvs wedding in the next couple of months so although things will be quite for a week or so it will soon pick up, also we have a holiday booked in june so that will be manic.

I think things will probably really hit me hard in Sept when DS is full time and DD goes to college in another town! I will still have my eldest DS at home tho home edding him and havent managed to persuade him to go back to school yet!!!

 

Sarah