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Private school daycare?
Anyone considering private school planning on starting your LO in a 2 year old program??
For AACO - I know St. Jane Frances and Arthur Slade have 2 year old programs...St. Johns of SP I hear is starting a 3 year old program soon.
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Re: Private school daycare?
My LO is in FT daycare/PS that starts at 2.
I like it - the "school day" is 9-4, but mostly its 9-12 - lunch is at 12, nap from 1-3; but the rates are only sllightly less if you choose half day or or academic day coverage.
C is currently in a FT daycare thats not affiliated with a church/school.
Since he will most likely be attending one of those schools I mentioned, I'm debating on whether or not to start him in their 2 year old program, or just keep him where he is at, and start him at the school when Kindergarten starts.
I haven't really looked at the schools around us, but DS will probably go to a public school. DH and I went to the public schools around us (although with the re-districting DS would go to a different HS, the one we went to has gone downhill fast and the new one is really good) a few of them are blue ribbon schools. We really like our DC now and feel like it is a good fit for DS.
I would think if you were planning on sending him to one of those schools it would be best to transition him as early as possible so he is comfortable. And at least for us, I feel like DS is a bit more flexible and deals easier with change now than he would in a year or so, but maybe I'm wrong.
I don't know how competitive the Kindergarten admissions is (I feel sick even typing that) but I know that often times it's easier to get kids in sooner rather than later.
Not daycare related- but we put DD into a 1 day a week 2's program this year because it guaranteed her admission into the 3's program at the same school and I didn't want to deal w/ applying to a bunch of places, being on a waitlist, waking up at the crack of dawn to drop off an application (I have heard of people driving over at 5 am and then sleeping in their cars until the school opened up, etc.)
I am leaning towards just starting him as soon as they'll take him so hopefully come Kindergarten admissions he'll have the preference - I know one of the schools I mentioned is down on enrollment right now...but the other two are fairly popular and I too have heard of people "camping out" to hand in the admissions form!
Wow I am shocked! I have only heard/seen that in regards to preschools in NYC. (There is actually a documentary about it on Netflix). I am thinking of doing a co-op preschool w/M but I am not sure if I want to start him @ 2 or @ 3. (His bday is in August so he will be a very young 2).
I saw the same documentary- it's not THAT bad, but plenty of people don't get into their first choice, or don't get their first choice session. I think that it's even more of an issue in the current economic climate, some of the more expensive and formerly seen as "status" schools have lots of openings, while the co-op school DD is in is totally full w/ wait-lists and I know a preschool even more affordable than our co-op has waitlists as well.
DD was in the one-day a week 2s program and it worked well for us. She just started doing a gymnastics class as well, so it was her only booked/regular activity until just now.
Yes, in september we're sending him to a catholic school in baltimore for 3 days, full time. he'll do inhome daycare the other two days.