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Pre-School and Daycare
jessie55
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switching preschools ?
jessie55
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We are considering switching DS to a different preschool for next year. I'm conflicted if he will be upset by the change, but am not happy with his current school. Some background: he went to nursery school (1/2 day) at 2.5, we moved and he now goes to a 1/2 day program at a different school. It took him a while to adjust this fall and he is just now learning names, talking about friends at school etc.
What we don't like about the school is that 80% of the class is full time, 7-6, and DS goes 9-12. We feel like he is on the outside- for example when I drop him off at 9 the morning kids are cleaning up the toys from free play time- he doesn't get to have any free play time, which he has been upset about before. There is no other real free play time scheduled while he is there. When we toured the school it was not clear at all that they were mainly full time care.
What do you think is more important- DS being w/the same friends next year, or at a school that is a better fit?
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Re: switching preschools ?
A better fit.
DS was in a different school last year that I really wasn't impressed with. He had friends there and enjoyed going, but there were issues I had with the administration and how it was run. I felt bad taking him from his little friends, though.
Fast forward to this year. He's in a new school, LOVES it and has all new friends. He doesn't ask about the kids from last year either. I think we overthink things sometimes. To him, last year was a lifetime ago.
A better fit is important.
But have you tried to talk to them? My kids go p/t at a school that is is probably 90% f/t kids. They go from 9am-3pm. In the mornings, the other kids are outside and come in at 9am. But if they are running a few minutes late, then we arrive at this awkward time where my kids are outside for just 2 minutes and then it's time to come in... which made for a SUPER rough transition for my 2yo. Solution: director said we could drop them up to 15minutes early so they could play outside.
So I would talk to them first and see what they can do - maybe they would be willing to rearrange the schedule a bit because they didn't take the p/t kids into consideration like they should have.
I did talk to them about that in the beginning of the year, and they offered the same solution- so most of the time we do drop him at 8:45. But he still only gets 5 min of play time if that, all the other kids are already playing, have the toys claimed etc., and they start clean up at 8:50, circle time at 9. I think his teacher is an overachiever too bc they will be all cleaned up and sitting down at 8:45-8:50 lately.