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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in a school in North MoCo where we have Pre-K. The majority of the students go to our Kindergarten and the data is pretty shocking. It's not good. A few come in knowing their numbers and letters but not many. Pre-K is only about 3 hours a day. The morning class eats breakfast, has a little bit of academic time, goes to specials, plays outside and then eats lunch and goes home. The afternoon class comes in, eats lunch, has a little bit of academic time, goes to specials, plays outside and packs up to go home.

Is it better than nothing? Sure, I guess. But I don't see the kids who had Pre-K coming into K with any huge advantage over the kids who didn't have Pre-K, especially since absences aren't counted in Pre-K and parents get in bad habits of arriving late and keeping their kids home whenever they feel like it and then act very surprised when those same habits have consequences the next year. [/quote]

This is exactly how it is when kids come into K at our Focus School.

It's a free program, with no consequences for not attending, so parents don't take it very seriously.  Which is fine, but it's not consistent for the kids.

Also, the quality is nowhere near the quality of a good preschool.  Parents with the means to afford a private pre-school would just pay for that, even if the free alternative was offered to all.  The ratios for the Head Start programs are usually much higher than most of the good quality preschools in this area.  [/quote]

I am the other Focus school PP. I feel like you and I respond in similar ways to a lot of education threads. Do you teach ESOL? [/quote]

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