Investigating schools

The girls and I have spent the day researching school in the area to see which schools take our fancy.
I had taken a day off work and they were exited and ready to investigate the possibilities.
Our first stop was Bonython State School.
Cenedra has been looking forward to starting at this school as it is close to home, within riding distance, and she has familiarised herself with the playground and bike tracks and classroom layout.

We stood together in the foyer and introduced ourselves to the office manager.Telling her our story and the subjects Cenedra is interested in, and asking what the focus of the school is and the subjects available.

Our Questions were about class sizes, excursions, visitors to the school , arts council, an instrumental program, lote etc, all the things a child needs to know about what is on offer at the school .

Well, every time we asked a question, the office manger had a negative response we don't do it, we don't offer it, our class sizes are 30 to 33 students in a class......that was enough for me, Ce'nedra chimed in with 'It will be OK mummy there will be a teacher aide"but the office manger said "only if there is a child with special needs" in the classroom.

I cried in the car, and had to settle down before we went on to our next school, So i wasn't the confident role model the girls needed.