1. Wheel bearing if it makes that sound while driving normally. (Sometimes combined with a whirring sound)

2. Or if the grinding sound happens when you press on your brakes, then likely it's the brake pad.

Patience, son, patience.

Wasn't it supposed to move in after 4?

It's 4 wheel drive, not 4 wheel stop. Big difference.

anybody else ready for the RWD Rodeo

By no means am I saying hard decisions aren't made. I'm saying safety doesn't care. If you drive unsafe you put others at risk, not just yourself.

Seems like there was a local guitarist advertising cheap guitar lessons on this sub a few months ago. Might be worth a search, I think he was someone just starting out looking for his first students.

Brakes matter too. If your brakes are near shot, they give out, tires keep rolling.

I was actually a national merit scholar from CHS in the early nineties. And I can confirm that it was a very accepting culture. I grew up as the nerdy kid and walked into that building terrified of being bullied. What I discovered was a community that cheered on the Science Olympiad team as wildly as they did the basketball team. I'm very proud of being a Central grad. SPS overall has some great schools with amazing teachers, but I wouldn't trade my experience at Central High for anywhere else.

Well if that was a super privileged response....some people have no choice. That's where the socio-economic status comes into play...when you have to make hard choices, like have money to live, or not work.

A few years ago ozark high school had a meditation and yoga class you could take as an elective. It was later stopped because those activities are “satanic”. So if you’re looking for a public school, stay away from ozark. They also have a lot of high school students that flaunt white supremacy.

Bullying is something that is as old as schools itself. It happens at every school that I know of including Kickapoo, Hillcrest, Parkview, Glendale, Ozark, Nixa, Willard, and small surrounding schools. Raising kids is tough but kids will need to adapt to varying social situations and learn to deal with people.
I'm a proponent of private schools and would rather my kids learn to deal with pretentious assholes than the issues that come with low-income households that use public schools as baby sitters with no desire for upward mobility. On top of that the college preparedness is much greater. If you can get a Greenwood education for little to no cost, I would take it.

Generally speaking, student bearpass does not allow entry into Greenwood.

Nope, this was actual getting-needles-stuck-in-my-arm allergy testing. I’ve got it rescheduled for a couple weeks out. Bit annoyed I’ll have another week of being miserable but I’ll happily take that over an accident.

I also went to Marionville and have had a couple of family members attend Greenwood. They have middle school students doing things my English teacher was assigning senior year. I was not at all impressed with my teacher and honestly felt like I was behind my classmates when I started college. Bottom line is that no college is going to be impressed with graduating from Marionville and Greenwood has some obvious advantages.

any news? Bump

I went to Central and got offered roughly $120k in merit scholarships to a top-10 university. Central also usually has about as many National Merit finalists as everybody else put together, and a WAY more accepting culture.

You should look at Central instead.

Your kid will have a better education and opportunities-outside-Springfield at Central doing IB. And will also be around all kinds of kids from all classes, races, etc.

However, if your kid can survive the rich kid bullying and actually make friends, they'll be well connected for a life in Springfield later on. There's a big if in there though. (And like, just having money isn't enough. If you do not, on a visceral level, know the social difference between being a Hickory Hills member, a Highland Springs member, and a Twin Oaks member, navigating the Greenwood social scene is not for your family.)

Wow! I'm overwhelmed by the responses - I was hoping for a few - and I log back in this afternoon to see so much information. I can't thank you all enough :)

Are you able to do a virtual appointment? I know certain medications can't be prescribed via virtual visit, but wondering if an allergy medication would?

Most recently (12 years) Phoenix. Previously Southern California. Wife is from the Phoenix area.

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> D) ride the bus

If you live and work near a bus route, and if it runs at the times you need.

> E) have coworker/employer/friend/family pick you up

If they are available.

> F) Uber/lyft/taxi

If you can afford it.

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