Can a charter make us do DL for PK?

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Anonymous wrote:Just do it, OP. I know you’re annoyed but please respect he teachers. It’ll be like 30-60 minutes of your day.

The issue is that many families with working parents will need to keep their PK child in daycare and the daycare isn’t equipped to participate in DL for a cohort enrolled at multiple schools.

Then you unenroll from PK4 at the charter and go to your IB.

Haaaa... nice try, spot-stealer... I’ll do the minimum and keep mine

NP. “Spot-stealer”? You seem mature. If a family unenrolls, no one “steals” their spot—it goes to the next family on the WL. You know, the same way your (only—right?) child likely got her spot. I am just gobsmacked that you would view other families on the WL as thieves waiting to “steal” something which you willingly gave up. I’m guessing you’re an UMC early 30-something with few close friends (given your negative worldview) who thinks everyone is out to get her and take what’s hers, without realizing how boring, beige, and small she really is. Life must be challenging for you. By all means, keep your spot at SSMA and whatever gratification it brings you in feeling like you’ve finally Made It.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just do it, OP. I know you’re annoyed but please respect he teachers. It’ll be like 30-60 minutes of your day.

The issue is that many families with working parents will need to keep their PK child in daycare and the daycare isn’t equipped to participate in DL for a cohort enrolled at multiple schools.

Then you unenroll from PK4 at the charter and go to your IB.

Haaaa... nice try, spot-stealer... I’ll do the minimum and keep mine

NP. “Spot-stealer”? You seem mature. If a family unenrolls, no one “steals” their spot—it goes to the next family on the WL. You know, the same way your (only—right?) child likely got her spot. I am just gobsmacked that you would view other families on the WL as thieves waiting to “steal” something which you willingly gave up. I’m guessing you’re an UMC early 30-something with few close friends (given your negative worldview) who thinks everyone is out to get her and take what’s hers, without realizing how boring, beige, and small she really is. Life must be challenging for you. By all means, keep your spot at SSMA and whatever gratification it brings you in feeling like you’ve finally Made It.

Omg.. it’s like you know who I am or something, how did you know I’m at SSMA?

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Yes they can. And, FWIW, IMHO, they should. If you don't want to participate because you don't feel like your kid is getting anything out of it then you ma of course unenroll and play the lottery again next year. That's a choice you get to make. But you have to choose.

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Anonymous wrote:I have absolutely no interest in doing DL with my 4 year old. We tried joining some of the meetings last spring, and she got nothing out of it. I don't want to avoid doing something like taking her on a hike or building a fort or reading books to try and get her to sit in front of the computer screen. If she were in a regular school I'd happily unenroll her, but she's in a charter we really like. Can they kick her out if she doesn't participate in distance learning? Should I just ask them explicitly, "What is the bare minimum to remain enrolled?"

schools, in general, are stricter about attendance K onwards. I'd second checking with your school. I have a feeling that DL now would be better than spring, the schools have had some time to prepare this time and use the experience from spring. Your kid is also 6 months older, so I wouldn't rule DL out completely.

lol okay

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Anonymous wrote:Just do it, OP. I know you’re annoyed but please respect he teachers. It’ll be like 30-60 minutes of your day.

How is “respecting” the teachers to force the mom and child to do something difficult that had zero benefit?

I get that we ended up in this situation for understandable reasons, but that doesn’t mean we now have to pretend that online preschool is effective or developmentally appropriate, particularly for a child who doesn’t want to stare at a computer.

Preschool is not compulsory. If you don’t want to do it this year, give up your spot. If you do, meet the basic requirements. That’s the deal. You are not entitled to a highly coveted pre-k slot.

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OP "won" a spot in a coveted charter based on nothing but luck, but is now unwilling to comply with even the most basic requirements of enrollment? Sorry, but there are thousands of parents in the city who would jump through hoops for that exact same spot if they could. I don't understand these parents who aren't even willing to try. I bet most schools will work with you if you give it a go for a month and then say "hey, the live sessions are just not working for us but we'll log in for the asynchronous stuff, ok?" But to just assume that whatever the teacher's have put together is a waste of time but also demand to keep your spot? Entitled.

To be fair, OP does seem interested in doing the bare minimum to keep her spot, but is unclear what the bare minimum is. Hence the post.