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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.  [b]The parents can afford pre-school. [/b] (In case you've forgotten everybody paid for pre-school up until 5 or so years ago.  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]

Some people rent and are scraping together savings to buy. Some people spend ALL their money on housing to live in a good school district. You have no idea if this is true. It may be true that most people in the boundary can afford it, but it's silly and narrow-minded to say they all categorically can afford it. We know someone who almost rented at $2k/month apartment in boundary for Janney for this school year. They no longer have preschoolers, but they couldn't really afford preschool. [/quote]

+1. I hate the assumption that everyone IB for Janney is rich. There are some people who are well below the median income of the neighborhood. They may be renting, they may have stretched for a small house, and they may have done so since before the current boom. One parent may be unemployed, they may have unexpected triplets, whatever. You really have no basis to judge the financial situation of everyone in your neighborhood. It's fine that you want smaller class sizes, but don't just assume that everyone can easily afford private preschool.[/quote]

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