Vacation in Pre-K DCPS

[Anonymous]

Or you could, just give the school a heads up.

I'm not here for DCPS to complain about your international adoption or kid's national musical competition. I'm here for them to protect Relisha Rudd.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think this is a dumb question at all, I have a rising PK3 and have been wondering the same thing. Also about dropping off late. We are in daycare now and I drop him off whenever. It’s been pretty late for drop off a lot during the pandemic, so it will be an adjustment. Basically wondering how much different PK in DCPS is from a commercial daycare…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think this is a dumb question at all, I have a rising PK3 and have been wondering the same thing. Also about dropping off late. We are in daycare now and I drop him off whenever. It’s been pretty late for drop off a lot during the pandemic, so it will be an adjustment. Basically wondering how much different PK in DCPS is from a commercial daycare…

Legally you have until I believe up to the minute before school ends, this is not special to PK. I teach K and I seriously had a parent bring their child at maybe a few min after 2:30…we dismiss K at 3:10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think this is a dumb question at all, I have a rising PK3 and have been wondering the same thing. Also about dropping off late. We are in daycare now and I drop him off whenever. It’s been pretty late for drop off a lot during the pandemic, so it will be an adjustment. Basically wondering how much different PK in DCPS is from a commercial daycare…

I’d advise dropping off whenever. It can be disruptive to the teacher and the rest of the class. Maybe some schools don’t care, but I wouldn’t assume that. I found PK3 to be very different from daycare in that way.

[Anonymous]

There is a lot of benefit to encouraging your child to adjust to the structure, schedule and expectations of school. It is comforting to a child when they know what to expect. I would advise against “dropping off whenever”. Your child we have a tough transition to kindergarten if they were allowed to arrive whenever during pre-K.

[Anonymous]

Yeah - I would definitely not drop off whenever - super annoying to the teacher and makes it harder for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was the Washington Post story on the family from Capital Hill who was reported to CPS - even through the mom told the school they were leaving for an international adoption: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-a-family-adoption-trip-led-to-a-truancy-referral-child-neglect-charge/2015/02/09/156af9ae-b069-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35_story.html

But this is not 4 days around the winter break.

Take the vacation and enjoy

This is a nightmare and ridiculous! Thanks for sharing, incoming PK3 here and I had no idea!

[Anonymous]

It’s PreK…the teacher will probably tell your child to have a wonderful trip and that he/she will be missed! Brace yourself!

[Anonymous]

DCPS has to report to CPS when a student has 10 unexcused absences. That starts in K though. For pre-K, they would schedule a meeting with the family after 5 unexcused absences.