I think it's common to have a brief period of "freeze" before major changes in life. I'm sure you'll be able to get more into the roll of things soon.

Fern46 wrote that she home schools. I know of a few people that do, but I know relatively little about it. I do know that some private schools offer at least partial scholarships to students. If money is tight, it could be possible for a private school to offer one to your daughter. I was given a partial scholarship to attend a private school when I was in high school. That school offered grades 6 to 12. I know a lot of private schools where I currently live, that have middle school grades. I'll agree that the education can sometimes be much better than public schools. It would figure that I live in an area that has outstanding public schools, but it never did my husband and me any good. We pay extremely high property taxes, and yet never had a child to send to those "great public schools".