Some of us are still waiting for 2013-2014 school year to pan out and other are gearing up for their school search for the following year. For those of you about to start you search, are you feeling ready? knowledgeable?
Some things I did that I found to be helpful were:
We are working to create a more user friendly interface. As I've said before, we are full-time parents with full-time job working hard to get the site updated as soon as possible. We will also be posting asking for for bloggers for the upcoming school year.
Some things I did that I found to be helpful were:
- I created a sheet with all of my questions and made sure each question was answered on every tour. this helped for side by side comparison
- I read through the school's website so I wasn't asking questions like "when does school start".
- I took pictures on each tour to help me remember (by the end of tours they all jumbled together)
- I got contact information for the principal and someone from the PTA/PAC
- I scheduled tours right away (as some fill up).
- I showed up even if I had not signed up (and was never turned away)
- I re-toured some schools that I had toured early on
I quickly learned that not all tours are equal and I found it hard not judge the school based on the tour.
We are working to create a more user friendly interface. As I've said before, we are full-time parents with full-time job working hard to get the site updated as soon as possible. We will also be posting asking for for bloggers for the upcoming school year.
