The great school debate (Part 2)

After speaking with the people at the Student Services office, they stated that we could put in a request for a district transfer and they told me which school to request, the only school that currently had space. So we start that process, turn in the paperwork and wait. Fast forward a week and I get an email stating that our request had been denied, now we are back to square one. After learning that one of that factors in the denial was the kids absences from the previous year, we requested to speak to the director because we felt like they did not understand the circumstances behind their attendance record. After days and days of trying, the Hubby finally spoke with someone who stated that the kids attendance record had a lot to do with the decision but ultimately it was that military families did not fall into the "special circumstances" category for allowing a transfer outside of the transfer request window, which happens to be in March/April time. I am beyond angry to know that military families are treated with such disregard but that doesn't help the fact that I now need to figure out how and where my children will be schooled.

Now we are left with three choices:
1) Send the kids to the less desirable school and pray that it turns out ok.
2) Homeschool the kids for a year and reapply for the transfer during the regular request period. 

3) Go through the legal process of breaking our lease and start the search for a new house.

Considering how rough this move has been on the kids, option #1 was our last choice in the matter. We discussed the pros and cons to both #2 and #3. Despite the fact that we have not moved into the house yet, we still have a legally binding lease and it would be very difficult to get out of it. Plus, it took us a long week and 11 houses to find the perfect house for us. Would we be able to find that again? On top of it, the kids absolutely did not want to look for a new house. They love the house we picked as much as we do.

That leaves us with homeschooling, something I have always considered but have never tried. We had a family meeting to discuss the options with the kids to see what they wanted and Noah was 100% gung-ho about being homeschooled, Jordan was reluctant. She was worried about making friends and not having any one to play with. I reassured her that we would join homeschooling groups to meet new people and make some friends as well as get her signed up for gymnastics. Finally, she got excited about it so the decision was made.....we are going to become a home-school family!!!

I can't believe I am going to be doing this.....I have never been more nervous about anything in my whole life!!