SCHOOL system SUX!?

Question

I'm having problems at my daughters "Learning Center" per previous (unanswered) questions..

And I'm sick and tired of the Public School System.

My daughter will be FIVE soon & she can't start Kindergarden because she will miss being FIVE by 10 days... doesn't that SUCK!

She'll be graduating Kindergarden at SEVEN YEARS OLD does that make sense.. She'll be mixed in there with barely 5 yr olds.. NOT RIGHT!

I hate the schools!

AND THEN TO TOP IT OFF... I'm putting her in Pre-School..

Pre-School starts at 7:45 and ends 3 whole hours later.

UM WTF are WORKING parents supposed to do?

And then the AFTER SCHOOL CARE that they have IN THE SCHOOL doesn't start until 2pm.. UM HELLO she gets out @ 10:45 so what is she supposed to do from 10:45-2:00??????

I guess that just means she has to wait yet ANOTHER year & she'll be dam near 20 before she starts Elementary School.

& she can continue to TOWER over the tiny toddlers in day care. I'm not rich don't suggesest private school

Answer 1

Wow I can't believe you are so livid about this.  Rules are rules and we just have to deal with them.  We can't change them.  My daughter was born Sept 11 and was almost 6 as well when she started kinder.  But let me tell you, that extra year does help them alot.  My daughter although she is taller than everyone else, does very well in school.  These days the curriculum is so much harder than when we were in school.  She will be able to catch on easier, because her brain has had an extra year to develop.  Just relax take a deep breath!

I was in your situation, I was a single mother and paying all the extra daycare sucked, but there was nothing I could do about it.  So don't get so worked up about it.

Answer 2

Why can't you look for an all-day day-care?  The YMCA or some similar place should have one, and shouldn't cost too much.  You can't make me believe that no working mother in your town has anywhere to put her preschool age kid all day.  What have you been doing with her up until now?  And what's wrong with kids learning their ABC's when they are 2?  That just baffled me.  My daughter knew hers at that age, so did I, and I was reading my brother's comic books when I was 4.  Cool your jets and just deal with it.  That's what happens when you have kids.

Answer 3

She can';t be 7 when she graduates kindergarten.  She could be 6 and turn 7 that summer maybe but that's impossible to be 7 before june unless she started kindergarten at 6, and kids have to be 5 by August-October depending on the school system.  Your math would require the kids to be 6 before they even started.

Answer 4

wow. that does suck. but im just saying. my friend is like that. its better to be older than to be younger than EVERYONE. well think of this. she will be graduating 5th grade at 12. 6th at 13. i would check the math, cause im not sure lol. but thats not too bad

Answer 5

That is stupid!!

Can you possibly talk to the district about letting her in with maybe a recommendation from her preschool teacher?

You should tell them she will be 7 when she is done with Kindergarten and that will make her 19 when she graduates high school!

When is her birthdate, it doesnt seem right that she will be 7 when she leaves K.

Answer 6

Well, I agree, but not on the grounds you mention.

Why do you believe that the school system is a daycare?  

It is the parents responsibility to teach their children, they have many tools available to them including schools.   Don't depend on the school system to teach anything.  You teach your child, let the school system reinforce your teachings and your child will excel in her studies.

Now, your question about the age restrictions of K5.

The reason the restriction is there is not because of how smart a 4 or 5 yr old is, but the emotional maturity of children of that age.   If you child was on the other end, and made it with just 10 days to spare, the school system should council you on the effects of starting a child too early.  Children not emotionally ready for school tend to be underachievers, the target of bullies, and depressive.

I am sorry that you are feeling inconvenienced by having a child right now, but actually the school system is doing you a favor in that your child will be starting ahead of most of the kids in her grade, and will likely continue on that path all the way through adulthood.

Answer 7

In Texas talk to the school district your daughter is in, there is a test they can take and if they pass it they will let them into kindergarten even if they aren't old enough.  My cousin's son was born in October so she had him take the test so he could start when he was 5.

The cut off here in Texas is September 1

Check out headstart in your area, not sure what all the qualifications are but it should be an all day class not just a few hours.

There is also NCI which is where the government pays for most of the daycare for you, it's limited to what daycares accept NCI but that's it.  Down here in Houston some of the higher end schools, like Primrose and La Petite, accept NCI because of all the government benefits they receive.  Both also offer private kindergarten and it doesn't go on the age of the child either.

Answer 8

Where are you when the school board meetings are held?  Do you attend them?  Have you gone to any of the Superintendent meetings?  Do you have any idea who the school board officials are in your school district? Instead of whining and btching online you should be going to all of the school board meetings and speaking up.  Or homeschool your child.

Answer 9

my sister was in kindergarden for 13 days before she turned 5

Answer 10

Learn to live on less, have your husband work and you home school her.She will learn more, and that way, discipline wont be a problem and you dont have to worry about her getting  on dope, pregnant or shot.