I am in CHarlotte too and I am sending my kid to K at private school as I didn't want him in school from 9:15 - 4:15. With the bus coming around 8:30 and not getting home til after 5, he wouldn't have time for play or anything else - like tball. The hours were a major factor in our decision.
As long as we are in happy utopia land where school structure has changed and they aren't sitting in a classroom for that entire time, I wouldn't have a problem with it. More, recess and study hall type time would be better, if not no worse than sendin a kid to after school care or home alone.
As long as we are in happy utopia land where school structure has changed and they aren't sitting in a classroom for that entire time, I wouldn't have a problem with it. More, recess and study hall type time would be better, if not no worse than sendin a kid to after school care or home alone.
Oh yeah, this definitely only works when you're in happy utopia land with all the funding and staff you need. (Example: someone mentioned teachers losing planning time. In my utopia, we have more teachers to share this long day so that the teachers can get all or at least most of their work done during the longer day, too.) I would absolutely NOT want a second-grader sitting at his desk for 9 or 10 hours a day, even if that were broken up by a couple of recesses and lunch.
well, DD is usually at daycare from 7:30-6. Of course, she has naptime and isn't learning the whole time- there is a lot of play thrown in, and all of the learning is fun.
But even still, I think most kids CAN do this and I would support this- especially if they were given recess and sports to play during the day.
. I'd love to drop my kid at 8 and pick him up at 5 knowing he got a full day of school plus swimming lessons, cello lessons, mandarin lessons, soccer, chess club, etc.
This is what I am assuming would happen if the school day ran this long - extracurriculars would be incorporated. At least that's what I assumed when answering. We are playing In A Perfect World With No Funding Problems here, right?
That would be awesome. The return of musical education, PE, etc. Plus, students could get a decent amount of time for lunch, instead of 20 minutes.
Funding might not be that big an issue, when you consider all that parents would be saving on daycare.