Car Pools in Preschool?

[Anonymous]

My son is going to start school this upcoming fall for half days. His nanny can pick him up but it would be a somewhat complicated but not far metro bus ride and walk, and since he won't have lunch before leaving school I'm worried he'll be hungry (and not happy) by the time he gets home. Yes, we will have his nanny bring him a snack and maybe lunch even if its a nice day for a picnic. My husband has flexibility in his day to pick him up a few times a week so that's an option too.

But I was wondering do parents ever organize carpools for half day kids? Is that something parents do regularly with preschool age kids, since they need car seats and stuff? Just wondering!

[Anonymous]

No, carpools are not the norn. Most children with nannies or babysitters are picked up by car.

[Anonymous]

Some people do carpools at our preschool.

[Anonymous]

It's the carseats. Few people are willing to buy and install car seats for extra kids- ones they would need to install and reinstall if they want to use that space for other people when not carpooling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the carseats. Few people are willing to buy and install car seats for extra kids- ones they would need to install and reinstall if they want to use that space for other people when not carpooling.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is going to start school this upcoming fall for half days. His nanny can pick him up but it would be a somewhat complicated but not far metro bus ride and walk, and since he won't have lunch before leaving school I'm worried he'll be hungry (and not happy) by the time he gets home. Yes, we will have his nanny bring him a snack and maybe lunch even if its a nice day for a picnic. My husband has flexibility in his day to pick him up a few times a week so that's an option too.

But I was wondering do parents ever organize carpools for half day kids? Is that something parents do regularly with preschool age kids, since they need car seats and stuff? Just wondering!

Can she just walk the whole way with him in a stroller?

[Anonymous]

A lot did it at my preschool.

[Anonymous]

It's fairly common at my son's preschool. The car seat thing seems like a pain but once you get used to it, it's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Does the school offer a lunch bunch option? Some schools with extended care beyond the preschool morning have a program where the kids stay for lunch and then go home right afterward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's fairly common at my son's preschool. The car seat thing seems like a pain but once you get used to it, it's not a big deal.

Ours recommended carpools to decrease traffic in the neighborhood. Parents could leave carseats in the waiting area if there was a need to install one for pick-up.

[Anonymous]

When the school directory comes out, check for zip codes and addresses near you and just ask. I bet you find some looking for the opportunity to share the drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's fairly common at my son's preschool. The car seat thing seems like a pain but once you get used to it, it's not a big deal.

Ours recommended carpools to decrease traffic in the neighborhood. Parents could leave carseats in the waiting area if there was a need to install one for pick-up.

Sure but how many parents actually did carpool?

[Anonymous]

It's not unusual to find carpools at our half-day preschool, but only in cases where the parents and kids knew each other prior to enrolling at the school, or if the kids have become friends in class during the prior year and the parents have gotten to know one another. We just take the booster seat and give it to the pickup parent at the door.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I imagined the car seat situation is a hassle. That's probably why most people don't do it at this age. But its reassuring to hear that some schools do it!

Post @ 18:03 its about a mile and a half through a somewhat hilly neighborhood so walking the whole way might be too much.

Thanks everyone! We'll figure it out, as us parents always do!

[Anonymous]

It has been rare in our experience. Between different regular dr. Appointments and being sick at different times there tends not to be much consistency of schedule. The..kids...get...sick when they are first pooled together.