annemayer
New Member
Hello all,I've been reading the forums for years,and finally find myself needing some help,so here I am. My husband and I are looking for a rental home in southern Calvert-Lusby or south-or in the California,Leonardtown,Hollywood areas of St.Mary's. We currently have two children who are being homeschooled as an alternative to the schools available to us - Great Mills and Lexington Park Elementary. We've been looking all summer for a place,and now that school has begun,time is slipping by,especially for my oldest who would be a freshman. They need to get into school - but we have yet to find a house. We need something that would be ok with two small dogs - a pekingnese,and a chihuahua-and unfortunately our credit took a hit years ago that we are still pulling ourselves out of. No foreclosures or anything,just some credit card debt - bills that went late/unpaid,and into collections after our child was hospitalized. We have been working with a realtor but she has told us our best bet is to rent from a private individual,as our credit shuts us out of most realtor managed rentals. So if any of you know anyone,or of a place available,please let us know. I've noticed in several threads in the past about schools that people tend to get very defensive about what is a "bad" school - particularly Great Mills. How you raise your children,and where they live and are educated is a choice,and it's my preference they don't go to those schools , so please try to keep your responses on topic,and not turn this into a debate about whether these are good schools or not,or advising me to visit,and so forth. I also know that children should learn to "bloom where they are planted" but you will get a very different result planting in good soil than in sand.