Challenges & Changes in Schooling

I've been working to get all three kids into California Virtual Academies (CAVA) since before we left Santa Cruz and have finally finished and received all the materials, a total nightmare in inefficiency.   Now we have been working to align with their standards and it has been a teeth grinding challenge every single day.  I was hoping our experience would be like Colorado Virtual Academy but it hasn't been.   My biggest frustration has been, I know my kids better then they do, I know what they can accomplish, I know their strengths and weaknesses and can adjust for them better.  COVA gave me the flexibility to do this, which is why Mason was so successful with them...CAVA doesn't.  CAVA expects my kids to "fit the traditional mold" and they will never do that.  Essentially, it's way to structured for our very unique children.

So after weeks of challenges and tears with Loren, anger & frustration from Elliot and more grey hairs and bald spots on my head, we finally came to the determination that I can't handle CAVA anymore...at least for my two youngest.  I've submitted to have the kids home schooled full time.  We'll use the same K12 curriculum (which we all love) and the core testing software Study Island but I'm ditching the stress that California schools has added.  With that decision made I feel like a thousand pounds of stress was removed from my shoulders.  I'm so excited that we can have the flexibility we need to adjust day-to-day based on the kids moods. Keith is a great teacher with them, he loves to share his passion for science and math.  It's fun to see him working so closely with them and watch the light bulb go off when they finally 'get' what he is trying to teach them.  I think the little boys are really going to flourish with the changes we are making.