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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Full day preschools rarely have this many days off. My preschool has: 1 week in August 2 parent-teacher conference days 1 teacher development day All Federal Holidays 3 early release days - Good Friday, NYE, day before Thanksgiving. This is still more days off than when we were at a large center where conferences happened in the evening and they did Development on Columbus Day. The only schools I’ve seen have so many days off as you describe are Montessori schools. Unfortunately the Montessori philosophy is not compatible with being a working parent unless you also have a nanny or au pair. Some schools begrudgingly offer before and after care to make it a full day, but still run a very abbreviated calendar. Depends on your kid and your job on how you handle it. I work from home and my 4yr old is great at independent play. On days like parent conferences, I buy a new $10-20 Lego set and that buys me 3-4 hours of work time. I work longer the night before and that evening to make up the extra hours. [/quote] This. OP here. It is a Montessori co-op program. I am torn. On one hand, I can see how my child would benefit from an education that cultivates concentration and self-learning. On the other hand, it may be difficult to make it work for three years with so many closed days. Plus little kids get sick often, which adds more leave days for parents. [/quote] My kid went to a Montessori co-op program with many days off. I SAH, but I'd say 75% of parents both worked and did NOT have an au pair or nanny. I was surprised, though, how many worked jobs with odd hours: chef, theater director, writer, professor, musician, etc. Those people benefit from sending their kids to a preschool, which even full-time costs less than full-time daycare, and they could pick up their kids at 3:00 when they were available or leave them until 6:00 if they weren't (and you only paid for what you used). Anyway, if both parents work typically 9-5/6 jobs that require a lot of face time, no, that type of school is not for you.[/quote]
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