Flying blindly into the sun

[primsong]

Okay...I am officially trying to not be as nervous as I feel right now - our grade school is closing (though the preschool is still strong) and I have suddenly ended up in the very center of organizing and launching a homeschool cooperative for the families cast adrift. I have the blessing of the hosting church to have it there in the same classrooms with the same curriculum and everything a co-op could dream of as they still want a school they just can't afford to pay teachers. The parents take turns teaching or hiring tutors/instructors for special classes and the kids all still get to see each other and stick with familiar stuff. It looks good, but I have *NO* experience in being an administrator or teacher - and I'm presenting all of this to two parent meetings in about an hour.

Yikes. Am I insane or what? In the past four days I've found supporters, got permission, designed a registration form, an overview and flyers, put up a website and email contact point and designed web banners. It's been nuts! We'll see what their response is... if they come alongside me, it's a go. If not, then I continue on homeschooling in a more standard fashion I guess. *closes eyes and leaps*

Comments

[estellye.livejournal.com]

Wow!

To me this sounds like a really good fit for you despite the flying blind aspect. If anyone has the ability to pull this off, it's you. Home schooling coops have really taken off in the past few years. The network here in the Raleigh area is mind-boggling. They are even able to offer extra curriculars like team sports, choir and band.

This is really exciting! I hope you'll have the chance to keep us updated.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

There are scads of them, everywhere - and yes, the homeschool networks are almost overwhelming with what they have available, amazing isn't it? I just have a school full of "stuff" and no students or money for teachers - it seems logical to try to match it up with parents willing to teach for free, so it will be used. The response was not overwhelming, but perhaps a handful may decide to join in as the information percolates to all the people who didn't bother to come to the meetings because they aren't using the school next year *because* they are homeschooling. I think I missed a lot of my target audience because of that. :-/