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[quote=Anonymous]OP— I don’t know your individual situation, but it might not be as bad as you think.   FCPS is choosing to grow the schools, build expansions, bring in mods, etc., rather than building new schools.  In most schools, the lunchrooms just weren’t designed to serve the number of kids they get.  Result: chaos.  I have had kids in 2 ES, one Ms, and 2 HS, and the only lunchroom I have found that wasn’t a disaster was TJ— where the kids can eat lunch anywhere in the building. Which is awesome, but not an option in K.  I think all FCPS lunchrooms are loud and chaotic. That said, all 5 of my kids schools were excellent. I’d caution against judging a school by its lunchroom.  You need to see the classroom in action before drawing any conclusions.

That said, three adults for six K classes is not sufficient. I would “express concern” to the school about inadequate supervision at lunch. I would not assume it translates to the classroom without checking it out.

Also, the first month of school sucks for some kids who are slower to transition. And the transition to K makes it much worse. IDK if you have a new teacher, but if you do that’s another transition. It should not always be this bad, as kids learn the rules and routines and teachers get to know their kids better.  All 26 kids miss their cozy pre-school or worse— are away from home during the day for the first time. None of them have had time to get used to lining up for lunch or cycling through stations or internalized the structure of the day or even knows how to line up for lunch. In a good elementary school, the first month of K is by far the worst month.  Transition to the next grade will not be nearly this hard.  My kid got sent to the principals office and they called me twice the first six weeks  of K. Now a HS junior, and hasn’t had a disciplinary referral since.

Look at the classroom. Remember everyone in it is new to the school— maybe even the teacher. If you don’t see something that alarms you as unsafe or inappropriate, I would wait until after Thanksgiving and see if things improve.

Also, this is K, not junior year. You kid is unlikely to miss much in the way of actual instruction.  Since you have another child and being at the school is tough, consider pulling her out for a long lunch with you once a week, or giving her an afternoon off once in a while. Or taking her late. Not forever. Just for a month or two while she transitions.

I think this is going to work out okay OP.  But I din’t Know the school in particular or your kid and her classroom specifically. If people are saying the school is good, I would give it more time, but get into the classroom at least a couple times to make sure there are no major problems.

Good luck![/quote]

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