Charter School

Happy to report Ethan got into Cielo Vista Charter School.  It was a lottery and he was one of the lucky ones picked.  We think it will be a good school, same schedule as Landau (July, Nov. and March off).  They might have bigger class sizes too but at least Cielo Vista isn't loosing their good teachers.  The Assistant Principal is a friend of mine and I really think Ethan is going to do well.  The differences between the charter school and traditional school is parent involvement, curriculum, and staffing.  Charter schools require parents to volunteer, the curriculum is picked by the teaching staff and the teachers are picked by the principal, not the district.  The principal is excellent and one of the teachers just received "teacher of the year" for the entire county of Riverside.  Once Ethan is in he doesn't have to go through the lottery system again, but he must follow their rules or he can be moved.  Now we can breath a sigh of relief, until it's Zac's turn to start school.