question about early release on Mondays and SACC
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Anonymous
My son is only 3, but I'm thinking ahead. 
I hear that all FFX county elementary schools do early release on Mondays (2 hours early, right). The thing is that I work early so will use the before care SACC program, but can be home by 3 every day and don't want to pay for after care just to cover the Monday early release at 1:15. Can you pay for just the Monday SACC? Or am I out of luck and looking for a private babysitter for that time? Seems very odd to have every Monday short. Does it mean fewer teacher inservice days? |
Anonymous
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There is no part-time SACC option.
The 2 hour early-release Monday schedule allows the teachers to attend meetings, have planning time, etc. 30 minutes has been added on to each of the other school days (Tuesday through Friday) each week. |
Anonymous
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Fewer teacher inservice days? Nope. Doesn't seem like it.
And yes, early release Mondays is a bitch for working parents who could otherwise modify work schedule. Topic has been rehashed quite a bit here. |
Anonymous
| No, SACC does not do part time, but they do all day on teacher work days, so you ay thunk about those days too. I think you could find a daycare for Mon. Afternoon and those teacher workdays. |
Anonymous
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in your situation, your best bet is either a local sitter one day a week (I work PT and use a neighborhood in-home daycare 2 days a week) or find a SAHM in your school/neighborhood willing to watch your child on Mondays.
FWIW, I HATE Mondays. With a fiery passion. I would rather they shorten the rest of the days than have one day that is so different than the rest. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I don't know anyone who doesn't hate it.... |
Anonymous
Me too, and I teach in an elementary school. |
Anonymous
OK, so as a teacher, can you give us some insight into who is continuing this silly policy that seems to be disliked by a majority of parents AND teachers? |
Anonymous
| The teachers and the stay at home moms seem to like the policy. The teachers like it for planning and the stay at home moms like day to do something different with the kids. If it helps them to teach I'm all for it. We are in SACC, but all the schools I know have bus service to places that will allow 2-3 days worth. Mostly private schools and karate studios. I think if it's going to change the teachers need to say that it really isn't that useful to them. |
Anonymous
| Our DD goes to SACC usually 3 days a week. SACC doesn't seem to care on how many days they're actually there but you have to pay for the full amount regardless. Works for us |
Anonymous
| I like having an afternoon to do something fun, but I would prefer to have every day shorter. I think the school day is too long with too little opportunities for exercise (830-430 including the bus ride). |
Anonymous
Me again. I don't know, but I can tell you many teachers in my building would like to go longer with the kids on Monday and shorten the other days by 1/2 hour. I work at an immersion school. I see each class for a very short amount of time on Mondays. Many afternoons are not available for planning due to staff meetings or a number of other data collection/review activities. The risk of doing away with the early closing is that those tasks would be pushed to after school hours on top of the hours of work I already do at home or after school in the building. I find that Monday afternoons are rarely spent planning for the upcoming days. |
Anonymous
| All the teachers I knew growing up graded papers at night. Is this not the case anymore? |
Anonymous
Stay at home mom here. Not digging the early release day. Plenty of the other SAHMs complain about it as well, especially those of us with younger kids who nap during that time. It really messes up the schedule. |