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[Aroura]

Do you have a regular visit or call from a district coordinator? Does the district touch base at all with you? I'm in NY were districts are required to oversee and provide support to homeschooling.

Nope, there is really no oversight in Oregon.  
I just had to notify the local schoolboard of my intentions, and as soon as I did, she was un-enrolled in PS and officially homeschooled.  It came as quite a shock to me, how easy that was.
The only thing Oregon requires is that homeschool children pass, (and by pass I mean above 18th percentile!) a core standardized test at the end of 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th grades. That's it.  No one visits or calls or even sends me a questionair about what I'm doing here at home.  They do send a packet of pamphlets every few months with some local resource links in them, but the are mostly to Christian based HS groups, so I just chuck 'em in the bin, lol.

Wow, that's impressive, actually. And aren't you the stellar Harry Potter b-day parent on here? If so, even more kudos to you.

I have an only child. She's nine, so similar age, and her mother and I are separated, though we stay friends, and very much partners in this, but we're barely hanging on by skin of our teeth. So, I commend you for the time and effort you're willing and able to put into your child's education. A large part of me wishes I was able to take her education into my own hands, because its really hard to trust anybody with anything with our daughter, but, alas, life.

You've preemptively covered any questions I would have in your OP, which would mainly be geared towards her social growth (my daughter is an oddball; she goes to public schools, but has social troubles, even with her cousins. She just doesn't know how to read a room. Funny, because she's so reflective and you could never accuse her of leading an unexamined life), so that leaves me with only commendations toward your choice. As my cousins across the pond would say: Cheers!

Ha, yes, thanks.   The HP party was too much fun.  

Don't fret, so many people tell me they wish they could homeschool, too, but as you say, alas, life.  I'm lucky, in a way, to be disabled so I can stay at home and do this. Every cloud has a silver lining.  So many working parents out there are unhappy with their child's education but unable to do much about it.  IT sounds as if you and your ex are on good terms, and both care about her education.  I think that alone will make a world of difference. 

Don't worry about your daughter's social growth, she sounds like a very inwardly reflective person.  She's still very young, I'm sure she'll learn to read other people better over time.  My own sometimes misses huge social cues and it worries me, so I'm just hoping she'll grow into it.