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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed.

The fact of the matter is that if you need free PK, you can get it at another school.  No, it won't be Janney, but [b]it shortchanges the children who are there for education (not just daycare)[/b] to have gigantic class sizes.  Pay for PreK or go get it free at some undesirable school and then come back for real school at K.[/quote]

If you think ECE is "just daycare" then you really don't understand ECE[/quote]

I understand ECE.  I just don't believe what DCPS provides across the board necessarily counts as ECE.

So, kick the ECE program out of Janney, which doesn't need it anyway.  The parents can afford pre-school.  ([b]In case you've forgotten everybody paid for pre-school up until 5 or so years ago. [/b] It's not a hardship.)  The actual school experience will improve, and if you desperately want the free Pre-K, then get into one of the dozens of Pre-K programs that go begging for students (even on the PG County flight-path!) and have your au pair drive her there.  It's only for a year, after all.[/quote]

Free pre-k at DCPS is not a new program. I went to PK at Murch 35 years ago.[/quote]

Terrific that your poor yet resourceful parents navigated the system for you to get into Head Start a few decades ago.  Yippee.

The conversation is about whether or not it makes sense to compromise the education of K-5 students at Janney, by cramming them into overloaded classrooms, so that parents who can afford to live in Janney's catchement can have free PreK.

I for one, think no.  No, it's not worth it.  Smaller classrooms are a better experience for the students K - 5.  As darling as PreK students are, they're a drain on resources for a school that can't spare the space.[/quote]

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