Help our son come home from military high school - liberty or death

[awalczak]

How can I get my son out of school?

 

[I'mTheFather]

Hello,

As parents of a high schooler at private school, we are having some serious problems.

My son, with our agreement, thought it was the best idea to send him to a military school. Several times we contacted the school asking if it was like a boot camp, and they would always reply no. Turns out, my son is very unhappy at the school, and seems to be depressed. This school is too much like a boot camp. He misses home over 2,000 miles away (he's in Georgia, we live in Washington State).

The problem is the contract we had to sign before letting him go to the school. We'd have to keep paying tuition even if we decided to pull him out. The problem is, we can't afford to pay that tuition and not have him go there. We can't get him back unless we keep paying.

I don't know what argurment I can create; it seems like all debates have been made. Give me liberty, or give me death. I'm not sure what to do anymore. Maybe I could say the school did not do it's job correctly.

Please help me.

Thank you.

Really? Give me liberty, or give me death?

Yep, that durned contract is the problem. What job exactly did you expect the school to do, and how is the school doing it incorrectly?

I'm pretty sure that the school will give your son back to you, but you will have to keep paying. That's what you agreed to do. And why can't you bring him home and enroll him in a public high school? You can afford to fulfill your contract then, right?

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

You must have put him there for a reason. Let them do the job you will continue to pay them for.

 

[Humusluvr]

Hello,

As parents of a high schooler at private school, we are having some serious problems.

My son, with our agreement, thought it was the best idea to send him to a military school. Several times we contacted the school asking if it was like a boot camp, and they would always reply no. Turns out, my son is very unhappy at the school, and seems to be depressed. This school is too much like a boot camp. He misses home over 2,000 miles away (he's in Georgia, we live in Washington State).

The problem is the contract we had to sign before letting him go to the school. We'd have to keep paying tuition even if we decided to pull him out. The problem is, we can't afford to pay that tuition and not have him go there. We can't get him back unless we keep paying.

I don't know what argurment I can create; it seems like all debates have been made. Give me liberty, or give me death. I'm not sure what to do anymore. Maybe I could say the school did not do it's job correctly.

Please help me.

Thank you.

If they are HURTING him, pull him out.

If they are PUSHING him to be disciplined and build character, even if it's heard, talk him through it. It might be one of the defining forces in his life.

There has to be a reason he wanted to go there. Why did he initially want to go?