Fearless Money

A few weeks ago, I talked about discovering Charter Schools in Portland. We’d applied for both of our school-age kids after a very impressive visit. It is a lottery system to get into the schools, with a preference for existing students’ siblings. We were fairly sure Ian would get into the highschool, but much less sure that Mia would get into the first grade.

They both got in! Woohoo! They’ll start in the fall, and we are all so excited. Ian went on a "shadow day" at Trillium the next week, and came home pumped up about the change. He declared "All the kids are like me!"

It is going to be a difficult transition, having to get the kids up and out of the house much earlier, not to mention schlepped across town. We’re going to try the city busses to see how it works out, but if we end up having to drive, so be it. It is worth it to all of us.

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