What a week

No one prepared me for life as an adult/mother. I never knew that it was this hard and it's popped me upside my blonde head.
I've learned that what you have planned out in your head and reality NEVER matches up in real life. I had this whole school thing planned out, had a positive attitude that it was going to be ok, and was ready for it (in most ways).
I took my son to open house last night at his school and realized that our school system was in worse shape $$$$$ wise, than I ever thought. There will only be 1 fourth grade class with over 32 kids in there. They can't afford any more teachers and are considering laying off 5 more teachers at my sons school alone. This is not counting the whole T-town County School system. The quality of education with this many students will be crap and I mean crap. There are so many desks and chairs stuffed in this 1 classroom that you can't walk. The average class size has always been around 17. I am really worried about this year, the school system and most of all my son. I am weighing my options and considering private school. I just don't know how I'm going to swing this when I have to be at work before 7am every morning.
There's an article in the newspaper today how they're considering even MORE cutbacks.....they can save 50K a month by cutting the grass once a month and no new computer equipment for classrooms for the next several years. WTH is up with this.....these are just a few of the MANY things listed in the article to cut back on funds. All school nurses will be laid off as well.
I call BS on this school system......our country is worried more about automobiles and other BS than our kids future. I think they seem to forget that our kids will be the ones running this country and without a decent education this country will be scary in the next 15 years.
I don't know how our priorities have gotten so screwed up.

I was about to puke this morning when I dropped my daughter off at her new school.......I can't tell you how many times I've worried about her today. I have to take her over 30 miles to school YET we have a brand new multi million dollar highschool that is 4 miles from my house that can't open because there's NO MONEY to staff it. You know your kid is going to a bad school when you talk about saying no to drugs all the way to school. I dared her to take a pill from anyone. It's hit me hard this morning.

This isn't a happy moment like Kindergarten was with both of my kids. This is more along the lines of PURE CRAP!