It's not a lie to say that I have a sore throat and I'm exhausted. So I seized on that to communicate primarily in writing with the school rather than face to face. (I am not the primary transporter -- DH and the carpool friends are.) Hey, I've never pretended to be an extrovert.

So that's it, we've told the school. The essence of our message:

You might have heard that we have decided to take __ out of school for a while. This has been both an exciting and sad decision for us. Exciting because we are looking forward to allowing __ more time to be a little girl without hounding her about "working to her potential," keeping her desk organized, not being last in line from lunch, etc. Sad because we still think that __ elementary is a wonderful community with very helpful and dedicated staff.

Our primary reason for choosing to take __ out of school at this time is the seemingly wide gap between her emotional/social age and her academic needs, her "asynchronous" development. It feels very difficult to address both simultaneously, and it is causing unnecessary stress for our family and for__. We are grateful that you have shared our concern that __ get to "be six," and we hope that doing some homeschool for a time will allow her to do that while also doing some of the more advanced academic work she has asked for.

So away we go! Tomorrow is her last day! I still can't believe it. I second guess myself every second (is that the true meaning of "second guess"?).

I've started a dedicated homeschool blog [1] to serve as a communication device with curious family and friends, and to educate myself a bit more on homeschooling.

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