I remember how ridiculous it felt having my 15 mos old interviewed for a pre-school slot... and yet we did it.
I was so happy he showed his "brilliance" during the interview. He held up a blue block and said "blue" for the first time. He got in.. but of course we ended up moving.
This is really the problem with America. Wealthy families sit in line for the "best" preschool slots and poor families struggle to find day care so they can pull up their bootstraps.
and politicians think universal pre-school is just another way to start the liberal indoctrination sooner and babies should be home with their mothers unless their mothers are poor.
I feel like a privileged asshole because not only would it never occur to me to even consider this as a thing to do, I've never even seen it as necessary.
We have no per-k here and you go to your local distracted kindy.
No pre-K??? Do you have SAHPs in your town, or are they all at the asylum?
There are a couple of small private ones but nothing in conjunction with our public school. I know there are some in nearby towns but not here.
I feel like a privileged asshole because not only would it never occur to me to even consider this as a thing to do, I've never even seen it as necessary.
We have no per-k here and you go to your local distracted kindy.
No pre-K??? Do you have SAHPs in your town, or are they all at the asylum?
Post by mollybrown on Sept 14, 2014 9:59:48 GMT -5
I wish my district would move to this type of system instead of a lottery. I don't think for one second there isn't any shenanigans with the lottery. I've heard too many anecdotal stories about kids lower on the list getting in above kids with higher numbers to believe schools can't manipulate things. I would definitely camp out.
There is a huge shortage of spots for 3 year olds in my district. If the kid doesn't have an IEP, a sibling already at the school, or isn't low income, it's almost impossible to get a spot (at least at the high performing schools). Even the private schools do their enrollment (often by lottery) and collect deposits in February or March. It's ridiculous.
If I had that much money to spend on preschool, camping out wouldn't be the thing that stopped me.
I seriously just had to check whether I accidentally clicked on MM. Jesus, I feel like I live on a different planet.
Thats less than I pay for in home daycare.
I was wondering about that. For 12k, I would think I could find someone to come to my home or an in home provider or something who would give my kids all of those skills. I made a little less than that as a live in nanny almost 15 years ago.
I know someone that did that on the other side of town. Seems crazy! As for 12k a year, that is what we paid for DD when she was a baby. Then about 10k for preschool. I am so grateful we are zoned to an excellent IB elementary public school.
We only have the option for part-time in our district. I'd camp out for a quality full day option.
So what do k teachers do for the rest of the day? Are they paid less?
In our old district the K teachers taught am and pm classes. AM started at 8:05 and went until 11, pm started at 12 and went to 2:55. When they implemented full day they had to add on to the building and hire 3 additional teachers (there were 2 teachers/4 classes before but approx 1 class worth of kids transferred in as 1st graders having gone to private full day K).
i assume teache the afternoon class. the half day kundy's I know of have a morning and an afternoon class and the teacher teaches both.
No they don't. There are two time options for K. Some K teachers teach classes from 8:20 am to 12:45 pm. The others teach the "late" classes from 9:20 am to 1:45 pm.
The one district around me that has half day does 8:30-11:30 and 12:00-3
Post by karinothing on Sept 14, 2014 20:38:28 GMT -5
Yes, if that was how things worked. Ds is going to prek and kinderprep at his current daycare once he is old enough. Sadly it is more than 12k. :-(
Our public school offers income based prek here. There are a limited number of spots for people who can pay and you get a guaranteed spot for k, but it is by lottery
We only have the option for part-time in our district. I'd camp out for a quality full day option.
So what do k teachers do for the rest of the day? Are they paid less?
Ours is 1/2 day until Janaury and then full day after.
It's a small school so she has some other responsibilities in the afternoon including being the clay person for the school. She told us a few of her other duties after the kids leave but I can't remember them.
No they don't. There are two time options for K. Some K teachers teach classes from 8:20 am to 12:45 pm. The others teach the "late" classes from 9:20 am to 1:45 pm.
The one district around me that has half day does 8:30-11:30 and 12:00-3
Here they have this schedule and teach the two different classes.
Yes, if that was how things worked. Ds is going to prek and kinderprep at his current daycare once he is old enough. Sadly it is more than 12k.
Our public school offers income based prek here. There are a limited number of spots for people who can pay and you get a guaranteed spot for k, but it is by lottery
Our neighborhood preschool works like this too. Anyway, it helps to hear that this isn't uncommon for schools, so more than likely, we'll be out there and it'll pay off. If they offered full-day, there would be no need to worry about camping out and wait lists and just focus on the K-8 admission. In reality, if education was a priority and all schools offered the same quality education that ALL kids deserve, then definitely this would be even less of an issue. We all know how that goes, though.
Post by downtoearth on Sept 14, 2014 23:09:26 GMT -5
I would have for my first, but since then I've changed my mind. So I guess my answer is "yes I did something similar for DS#1, but I wish I wouldn't." Not very helpful, huh?
I think the affluence that comes with getting the BEST spot and the BEST school in choice districts is a big problem for most metro areas. However, if you aren't working with the school district for changes, you skipping out on this spot as a political complaint against school-choice making more magnets of affluence and gutting neighborhood schools will just leave a spot open for another affluent family. So it's sort of a lose-lose situation for you if you skip out on getting a spot, your kid misses out on a good school spot, and you're not really making a major difference in the downfalls of school choice.