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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PLEASE don't walk your K kid INTO the room.  signed K teacher[/quote]

What do you recommend that parents do? I would be very interested in getting candid response from a kindergarten teacher? DH thinks she should just put DC on the bus and not go through all the drama of meeting her at the school, taking pictures, etc. But then again, I don't want her to feel like she's the only there the 1st day without a parent.[/quote]

I had no idea that people walked their K kids into school the first day.  Both of mine were put on the school bus (with the obligatory photos taken at the bus stop).  They were both excited to ride the bus and there were plenty of staff to help the kindergartners on the first day and beyond. [/quote]

Yep, my DD will go on the bus the first day, I can't wait (but she's my second so we're seasoned veterans at this point).  The K kids wear name tags that first week and as others said their are also teachers and older kids specifically designated to help them out (the 5th graders take this responsibility pretty seriously).  They all sit at the front of the bus and get off first (all year) with people (kids/teachers) waiting to escort them (again, all year).  Oh, and we already bought the school supplies online this past May, they'll be waiting in the classroom the first day.  This is Arlington, not sure how other school systems do it.

Pretty much every encounter we've had with other rising K families the kids are oldest in their families (or only children), similarly in my daughter's private PreK she is one of only 2 kids that has an older sibling... I suspect this is going to make for much first day anxiety and angst this year as lots of people go through this milestone for the first time.  [/quote]

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