The Half Day Deal
I ask you….what is the deal with a half day in kindergarten?
Seth starts this coming fall, and he will have either two or three days when he only goes for three hours. He is in pre-K now, and goes for five hours.
We are not happy about this.
He will be going to a different school, come fall, and unless we want to send him to a private school, this is the way it will be.
He’s been in nursery and now pre-K from 9AM – 2PM since he turned 3.5, and it’s been really good for him. He’s learning, socializing, growing, etc….in ways that I have to imagine he wouldn’t were he home during those hours. Although, when I was a kid, I didn’t go to nursery school, and I turned out “ok” (I think). So, no doubt, there are different schools of thought.
But to go from more to less doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. And, this isn’t true of all school districts. We live in Great Neck, NY, and it’s the case here.
So, now we’re trying to figure out what to do with Seth when he gets home early those days. We can sign him up for individual programs elsewhere, i.e. gym, but it won’t be the same continuity he’d have in a full day school program.
I’m just somewhat perplexed as to why the school here is set up this way.
How is it where you live? And, what is your feeling on full day kindergarten?
Just needed to vent…………thanks for listening. :)
One Response to “The Half Day Deal”
School options–it’s enough to make a sane mommy cry or scream. Or do both.
I’m thankful for options because some kiddos are ready for full day kindergarten–and some kiddos aren’t. Sometimes the parents aren’t.
Where I live, I had the option: full or half-day. I chose full-day kindergarten because my caboose kiddo, i.e. late-in-life child, was more than ready and so was I.
But she was also my only child to go to kindergarten.
But that’s another story.
By Beth K. Vogt on Feb 25, 2008