How do we move our children without wrecking their school year?
Answered by Chris Deutsch, Founder & Editor
Licensed Minnesota Realtor #20382264 ·
The short answer
If the calendar gives you any choice, land in summer with a few weeks to spare, so the new house feels like theirs before the first bell. If the job gives you no choice, mid-year moves go better than parents fear, and the research on this is kinder than the guilt is.
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The longer answer
What helps most: settle the house fast, because children absorb their parents' steadiness more than the address. Call the school before you arrive — counselors handle mid-year arrivals constantly and can set up a buddy before day one. Get to the activities quickly; the team, the band, the rec league make friends faster than the lunchroom. And let them be sad about what they left. Mourning the old bedroom and liking the new one can happen in the same kid, the same week.
When the timing question is really a housing question, just call. We'll work the calendar around them.
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