Does anyone regret moving to a different private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen this in other families who moved from a K8 school. They think that the K8 is not providing enough of an academic environment so they move out in middle school. But of course if they had stayed, the academics would have ramped up anyway just as in the new school they moved too. If they had started out in a k12 school, they would have realized that the lower grades in the K12 were also not "academic enough". One family told me how they regretted moving "prematurely". People never learn. But I suppose they have to make that journey themselves in order to understand life lessons.

This. this should be in Sticky at the top of the forum because it is a truism that families don't realize -- let alone admit out loud after the fact -- when they're chasing that academic rigor around the 4th-5th grade mark. FWIW, I'm guilty of the bolded myself

[Anonymous]

I think by middle school, it is not uncommon for it to take new students almost a full year to feel comfortable. You should keep reaching out but know that it will take time.

[Anonymous]

Is it possible that this isn't completely an external (school, social group) issue but partially an internal (your child's emotional well-being) issue? Please talk to her advisor or the counselor or maybe the school nurse (if she knows her) or consider having her meet with a therapist to see if there are other underlying things going on.