The Kindergarten hunt, part two

Our local parochial school is holding a Kindergarten information night tonight. Since we talked a bit about pursuing parochial as an option (say what you like, but the good ones are pretty damn good academically), I browsed through the school and parish websites. While I’d like to find and read a layman’s description of “faith-based education”, we’ve decided not to pursue this option. While I’m an infidel atheist and Patrick’s a lasped heretic Episcopalian, our decision stemmed from our knowledge of Shay’s temperament.

Do we really want to spend dinnertime arguing with him that no, I did not in fact some from Daddy’s rib, to offer a potential Kindergarten-level debate (and the child loves to debate once he’s decided he’s right)? Would we like to see that escalate into views opposite out own regarding science, politics, and social justice? Patrick and I looked at each other, sketched out the potential worst case scenario, and decided it just wasn’t worth it.

Next up: calling the other Montessori school with a K-6 program for an information packet, getting my feet wet with both the public school and the charter school, and joining the local home education listserv.