tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post7461959628382431899..comments2023-12-27T08:49:41.177-06:00Comments on Gust Gab: Kindergarten Musical Chairs...darciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post-81645993566977958922012-09-26T15:07:42.616-05:002012-09-26T15:07:42.616-05:00First off, just let me tell you that you suck... I...First off, just let me tell you that you suck... I get a bill for $3700 this year for full-day Kindergarten, that's totally not fair.<br /><br />(wink)<br /><br />But what else isn't fair is moving them around. Kindergarten is *not* the year to not give them stability and routine. I'm crossing my fingers that it's a little better now, and that a few days has helped him (and you) feel better.Anti-Supermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748550116367234098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post-62366739078720321662012-09-24T11:30:05.531-05:002012-09-24T11:30:05.531-05:00You may be right - he may have had issues regardle...You may be right - he may have had issues regardless...but he is typically a 'rolls with the punches' kind of kid...and while he was a little on the nervous side the first day of school - he seemed to take right off, until day #4 - when they moved him. Perhaps that's how long it felt for him to come unglued - for lack of a better term? What I do know is, he WILL be fine - and soon, very very soon - this will be like it never ever happened...darciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post-20551898759984827142012-09-24T10:18:56.542-05:002012-09-24T10:18:56.542-05:00We find out teachers two days before school starts...We find out teachers two days before school starts. I think they do a little bit to screen them when they show up for registration. The part they don't do yet is moving them around for reading. That won't start until a few weeks from now (I think). <br />I can see how it would help, and based on our experience this year, he might have had issues no matter what. We had some initial enthusiasm followed by a lot of tears and some issues. <br />So far I've noticed that they like to give it well over a month for the kids to adjust. Before that they are very forgiving of the hiccups that happen. He will do great. Amelia Sprouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773792930391254801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post-82993406134019572362012-09-24T08:33:11.197-05:002012-09-24T08:33:11.197-05:00Hey Jen - thanks for commenting! This was new this...Hey Jen - thanks for commenting! This was new this year, & I think, based on 'how well it went' it will be what they do going forward. I think it's done at a few schools, but maybe not all?<br /><br />We didn't love it, & I have yet to talk to any other parents of kids that were actually moved. So far, all of the parents I've talked to have had their kids stay put, and have all been VERY glad that their kids didn't get moved. <br /><br />Again, we LOVE the teacher that we are placed with, and she has assured us it was all positive reasons for the move ie: he did well on his assessments before school started, so they wanted to group him with other like-minded kids, but that still doesn't make it any easier on a 5 year old who has had his entire world turned upside down with all of the changes that going to all day school brings.<br /><br />Just another blip on the screen that is the public school system that we as parents have to navigate the best way that we can...one day at a time.darciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963024173016745505.post-22819203286532653252012-09-24T08:22:34.114-05:002012-09-24T08:22:34.114-05:00Wow, Darcie....I had no idea this is how they plan...Wow, Darcie....I had no idea this is how they planned to implement all-day K! I think you know that we're one year behind you on this and I wondered how they'd make this transition, but I never imagined that they'd uproot kids and move them around! <br /><br />191 is an odd district, if you ask me. Sure, my insight into how districts works comes mostly from hearing from friends about how their districts work and my own recollection of the way we did things back when we were in school, but it seems like 191 does things in the most complicated ways. Take boundaries. Our neighborhood where we live is about two boundary chunks away from the actual school the neighborhood kids attend. We won't be here next year when we do K, so it won't matter to us, but it just seems odd to bus kids through another boundary area to get them to the other side where a new boundary starts and have them attend there. Why not the closest school? <br /><br />Ugh, how hard for your little guy....this seems really misguided if you ask me. My little guy wouldn't have done well with this either. Two days in, he was bonded with his Pre-K teacher and it would have been incredibly hard for him to adjust again. It's so stressful, starting K, in any way, let alone a way that disrupts their flow. <br /><br />What do the other parents think about this? Mixes reactions? Jen Knoxnoreply@blogger.com