While you guys shop for back to school supplies, I’m shopping for a new school.

I know!  Who thinks about changing their kid’s school three days before school starts?  Why me, of course, because clearly I need to inject a little extra drama in my family’s lives.

See, our son Ethan is in the Special Ed for Off-Kilter Kids school program.  No, that’s not its official name;  even Boulder schools aren’t THAT weird.

See, the special ed staff for at our local high school (Let’s call our high school “School X”) granted us an audience at the very end of last school year.  In a very rushed hour, they learned all about or incoming freshman son, and set up his class schedule.

Then they took off for the summer.

All summer I ruminated over how I’m not sure I like our high school’s Special Ed for Off-Kilter Kids staff.

This was made far worse when our son’s psychiatrist told me that he liked another high school in our district better for kids like our Ethan.  Let’s call this other school “Awesome School” because it really is THE shining star school in the district.  Our School X is #2.  Which bugs me because I only like the best.  Yes, I AM that much of a snob.

Anyhoo, the school district staff all came back to work a few days ago;  school starts this upcoming Tuesday (Eeeep!!!)

SO.  I set up a quicky meeting with Awesome School.  I liked them a lot.  Really, a LOT.

Dilemma time!  I’ve had to make a Pro & Con list.  Behold.

School X

PROS:

- It’s 3 minutes from home.

- It’s 3 minutes from home.

- It’s 3 minutes from home.

CONS:

- It’s not Awesome School.

AWESOME SCHOOL

PROS:

- It’s Awesome School.

CONS:

- Its head of Computer Sciences has 14 cats.

Looks like School X wins.