Is it worth it to try and switch schools?
So, we want to change SD's school. She's in 2nd grade now. There are a lot of issues that we have with her current school, 1. BM doesn't even live in that school's area. 2. BM moves at least 1 time a year on average 3. SD has NO friends. Wouldn't you think it's normal to have friends to play with in the neighborhood and attend school with at 8?
I guess I would like to know your advice on getting it changed and hopefully what our odds of getting it changed are. We've moved 1 time in the past 5 years, only to buy the house we are in now. We are definitely the more stable household. DH has 50% custody of SD so neither is the custodial parent. BM won't agree to changing it so we'd probably have to do mediation or court, unless there is another way I don't know about.
Thoughts?
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They have Joint Legal and
They have Joint Legal and Physical Custody with "Neither Parent being the primary residential parent". So neither one of them is the primary custodial parent.
If he did just enroll her in the school by our house, it would be like her to simply refuse to take her to school there.
It's really what the court might think. Would they really want her in the school she's currently attending just because she already goes there? Wouldn't it make sense to put her in school with the more stable parent??? Ugh. I don't know. I hate this.
Unless there is open
Unless there is open enrollment and you apply for it, you cannot send a child to a school district other than where you live. It's illegal.
They do allow open
They do allow open enrollment, but maybe I should have my DH call the school just to be sure. Thanks for the tip.
Do it. It is in the best
Do it. It is in the best interest of the Skid and is the right thing to do IMHO.
My wife is the CP with physical and legal custody of my SS. We moved when we wanted, were we wanted and sent him to school where we chose to and informed the SpermIdiot and the SpermClan after we did it.
We sent SS to boarding school for HS. They ranted and screamed that we were going to make them help pay for it. We did not make them pay and we told them they don't even get an opinion so STFU. When we brought him home half way through his Sr. year of HS because his SpermIdiot had helped him hack the school fire wall so that they could play WoW all night, they ranted. “He loves it at Military School. It’s not fair, you are mean…..” We told them that if they want to send us a check for another year and half of tuition that we would be happy to let him stay and finish HS, a year late, at Military School. They shut up.
He graduated with honors and on time from our local HS, one of the best in the state, and they did not bother to call, attend graduation or send him a congratulations card.
We did what we thought was best for the kid because his SpermClan sure as hell wouldn't and had proven themselves incapable of caring about his best interests nearly his whole life.
So, again, do it. It certainly is the best thing for the kid as you describe the situation.
Good luck.