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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that it is in violation of the teacher's contract to have either teachers or aids supervise children before the school day officially starts.  My DCPS provides PTA-paid funding for the aftercare provider to provide limited supervision in the mornings.  Drop off is on the playground in good weather, the cafeteria in bad weather.  Either is still somewhat chaotic.  I had one kid who was cool with it, and one who hated it.  With the first kid, we got to the playground at least half an hour early so that he could get his energy out, with the second we get there much closer to the first bell.  There are little things the school can do to improve things, but it's likely to remain somewhat chaotic.  It's a big transition and there are often too few adults for the number of kids.  For every kid that would be happy to sit at an assigned table with their bucket of books, there's another kid who needs to run around as much as possible.  [/quote]

So basically the response is that the schools create a 30 minute period of totally unsupervised before-care? That seems like a bad idea.  I'd rather that the rule just be that kids have to be dropped off right at the classroom at the school bell.  If they're not going to adequately supervise my kid until the school bell and they walk into class, I ought to be able to just drop them off in class.  I do understand the argument about not wanting parents wandering around the school, but the alternative doesn't sit right with me.  (Note: this is for a very young K; I'm sure it will be fine for older kids.)[/quote]

There is always supervision.  Maybe not to the extent that you or your child are comfortable with and most likely without much structure.  There is always the option for the parent or the school to allow a very narrow window for drop off to limit the amount of time with limited supervision.  That would create a different kind of chaos.  Having every parent escort their child to the classroom door would create very crowded hallways and a yet another kind of chaos.  [/quote]

I dunno. I know from talking to other parents than some DCPSs did a much better job for the new K'ers to make the drop-off less stressful.  I'm not surprised that my DCPS did not; they are much more image than substance.  [/quote]

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