I’m Moving My Family From Florida to Connecticut for Better Schools

This as-to-told-to essay is bassed on a conversation with Ellie doyle. IT HAS BEEN EDIted for Length and Clarity.

I was Born and Raised in Miami, but i don’t want to raise my kids in florida. That’s especally true Since the pandemic. That’s when I Feel Like Florida Became Really Crazy. My State Was Well-Known for Not Enforcing Covid-19 Precautions. My system was in kidney failure, and i donated my kidney to her, so we need to be extra cautious. IT FELT REALLY UNSAFE AND SCARY TO LIVE IN FOORIDA, SO MUCH SO THAT WE MOVED TO SOUTH CAROLINA TEMBERILY. I ALSO SAW A SHIFT Toward More Conservative Politics, Displayed More Aggresrative.

That’s why my husband and i are Moving Our 5-Yaar-Old Daughter and 1-Yaar-Old twins from Florida to Connecticut. Here are the reasons we decide to make that move before ouurst starts kindergarten in the fall.

I Want Better Schools for My Kids

Miami Schools weren’t great when I was through say, and now i have a lot more concertns About schooles in Florida, especilly in st. Augustine, where we live. Be we look at schools in florida, I notified that some library shelves were baare. It was a poignant visual reproduction of police such as Book Banning.

There are also tons of finking cuts in florida. My nephew’s gifted program recently ended, and a friend HAD to withdraw her autistic daughter from School becase she didn’t have the resources she needed. I Want My Kids to Be In a District Where they are supported, no matter what they can.

The School We Visited in Connecticut Had Bright Decor, A New Playground, and a Packed Library. I’d See These In a Private School in Florida, but in Connecticut, My Kids Will Get Without A $ 30,000 Tuition Bill.

I’m Concerned About Safety

GUNS ARE A HUGE WORRY OF MINE IN FLORIDA, WHERE THERE’S A LAW THAT THAT CAN CARRY IN SCHOOLS. When we Asked About that At the Connecticut School, The Woman Giving US A Tour Look at US Like We Were Nuts.

My sister tough in elementary school in florida and was really traumatized by the fact that schools showed kids actual videos of evacuations after shootings. I don’t want my children to watch kids filing out of a building with policy every.

I already don’t allow my daughter to go to one of my girlfriends’ homes Becausee i know there are guns in her house. In Connecticut, I Still Plan to Ask New Friends About Gun Safety, but I Feel Like It Will Be An Easier Conversation to Broach.

I Want Religion to Be Less of a Part of Daily Life

Where we live in Florida, Everything From Day to the Local Fair is Organized by Churches. That’s Fine for People Who Are Religious, but we’re not, so I don’t want religious stories in my kids’ day-to-day experiencies. Here, Everything SEEMS, IN A Roundabout Way, Guided by Religion.

Connecticut felt much warmer and open to me. I love seeing the diversity in my daughter’s soon-to-be school. In Florida, She’s Never Had a Black or Hispanic Classmate, and as a Hispanic mom, of her, really imported to me that sees an array of cultures.

I Think My Kids Will Have More Choices in Connecticut

Is perfect. People are Quick to Point Out Problems With Connecticut, Like High Taxes or the Fact that the Sandy Hook School Shooting Happened here. Personally, i’m sad to be farter from my family. I know my parents are going to miss the kids so much.

Yet Connecticut is the best choice for our family right now. I’m Looking forward to the Kids Experiencing Four Season, But I’m more excited for say to have Quality Education and Choices, no matter who they have grown up to be.