We move in two weeks, it's the end of the school year.. 6 ear old daughter? (play, 6 year old)
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My lease is up when May starts and I'm moving to a different town and school will still be in session for another month.
Should i use the apartment address in the town i am in now and let her still go to school there to finish up the school year here with her friends or should i just put her into the new school where it will be harder since it's the ending of the school year?
Will it be a shock for her?
Is it really that big of a deal?
The new town is a lot different then where we're moving from.
If you can let her finish where she's at, that would probably be for the best. It's so close...
How does she feel about the move? She'll pick up a lot from you on that. We moved last year with a 6 year old son, and he did famously, though we did move him in the middle of the year (February).
It depends on your child, but I think letting her finish the year where she is will be best. Most school districts will allow you to do this even if you've moved.
We spent a week and a half driving 40 minutes to school (and then 40 min back, twice daily) from temporary lodging at the beginning of a school year. Not exactly the same, but kind of close. It was a bit of a pain but worth it.
I would either have her finish at her current school, or just pull her out early and not put her in the new school until the Fall. However, I'm not sure on your state's rules. In Arizona, we don't have to put them in school until the age of 8, so it doesn't really matter. I have thought about this issue previously, and it is what I would do. Another family in our school, with a 6 and 7 y.o., are doing exactly this, as their military orders are due at the beginning of May. As the mother stated, "It's not going to matter much at this age to start summer break a couple weeks early."
My lease is up when May starts and I'm moving to a different town and school will still be in session for another month.
Should i use the apartment address in the town i am in now and let her still go to school there to finish up the school year here with her friends or should i just put her into the new school where it will be harder since it's the ending of the school year?
Will it be a shock for her?
Is it really that big of a deal?
The new town is a lot different then where we're moving from.
Give me a break. I went to 14 different schools between grades 1 - 12. It was a great way to learn how to make friends and fit in fast! LOL
If you use the old apartment address you will be lying. That is not a very good lesson to teach a 6 year old. IMHO.
Kids BOND with the kids they are currently with...let the kid finish the schoolyear with the kids they bonded with!
To move to another group of kids who have already bonded, the new kid on the last month will just suffer through it, unable to break into the tightknit groups that have already developed.
Even IF you move a month before the LAST month and use your "new" address the school will very likely still let your daughter finish out the year. I've done it before. They do make exceptions for a short amount of time.
If you can make the drive to get her to her old school, I would. It's only a month. I would not put her in a new school at the end of the year. I would move her to a new school in August. You could check to see if she would get credit for the semester and moved to the next grade if you pulled her out and didn't enroll her in school until Fall. In high school, she would lose all her semester credits, but I don't know how it works in elementary school.
I am going to put a different spin on this, I say move her to the new school for the last month. She will meet friends from her new school and have kids to play with over the summer. It will be a long, long summer for a 6 year old that doesn't know anyone. Most likely the old school will let her stay in class there if you want without issue but I say let her meet some kids at the new school.
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