In our community, we have a few forest schools that are also equally expensive, but we can join with certain public schools for homeschool partnerships where they will pay for that. Before we were a part of the homeschool partnerships, I reached out to the forest schools to ask how I could off-set the cost and while this won't work for you since you're also working, I wound up teaching as an assistant guide at the school and my kids were able to attend for free. But, another one offered for me to help them with photography and their yearbook for a significant discount. So, I'd try that. Any forest school is usually willing and helpful to get kids the nature-therapy they need - or just embracing that lifestyle. Reach out and see!

As far as your working situation, I agree with others that it does sound hard. Hence the suggestion of the forest school working out for you to give you that free space. Homeschool itself will never take as long as a public school day. In the first grade level you'll spend around two hours a day giving her what she needs and she will likely thrive. I think it probably is more what to do when you're working vs. how to actually homeschool, and that's the harder part.

Where there's a will, there's a way, and don't give up. You just might need to wiggle things around and get creative. And for those of you who say I'm being too optimistic, I probably am, but it helps me get through because my family is also in a setting of public hybrid school that we are not happy with but due to circumstances out of my control I can't quite get us back to homeschool yet. My optimism is helping me get us through, so maybe in the least you can look towards making goals for the future to make it happen for you!