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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people have to pay for more child care, they may as well put their kids in private schools.  I suspect that is why some of our enrollment is going down.[/quote]
That doesn't make any sense - most private schools don't offer before and after care. If they do, it's far more expensive than SACC or the local TKD or gymanstics place.[/quote]

The point is they won’t need before care if they do private school because they would have more reasonable start times. [/quote]

I don't understand. Are private schools holding class for more than 8 hours per day?[/quote]

I don't think so. I also don't think that (private school tuition) + (after care costs) &lt; (before care costs) + (after care costs).

So switching to private school just to save money seems like a silly idea. [/quote]

It’s definitely not cheaper to pay for private school tuition & aftercare. I don’t know what those posters are talking about. I’ve researched this before. The cheapest tuition are parochial schools that charge around 11-12k on tuition alone, and then you need to pay around 6-7K for aftercare. On top of that you have to pay for uniforms and registration fees every single year. There is also a technology fee charged every year. It is about 17K-20K per kid total at the least expensive private school. There is no way before and aftercare costs that much even if it’s not SACC.[/quote]

There is also the convenience and what is best for your child. [b] Going to gymnastics at 7 and to school at 10 is not exactly good for kids.[/b][/quote]

Why not? [/quote]

Because the kid will have started the day early--as most elementary kids do--and exhausted by noon when they still will have four more hours of school.

Do you even have kids?

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Yes. And mine went from elementary school (they got out at 3:30pm) to their gymnastics class that ran from 4:00 to 6:30pm. I would've much rather had the gymnastics class in the morning![/quote]

So, you really do not understand how tired the kids would be in the afternoon?  That doesn't matter to you?

Believe me, it matters to most parents and to teachers.[/quote]

I guess it depends on your kids. Mine prefer to do active stuff in the morning rather than in the afternoon. Regardless, it looks like nothing will be changing.[/quote]

This makes sense but then academics will suffer since they will be tired afterwards. [/quote]

No, I would think that kids would be more focused and less wiggly/distracted with a gpod round of morning exercise.[/quote]

Come visit my class after recess. Kids are done by 3. [/quote]

And if elementary school went from 7am to 2pm, the kids would be "done" by 1pm.[/quote]

Thank you. It doesn't matter what time of day you shift, the last hour is always going to be torturous as the kids have all hit their limits.[/quote]

Yes it does matter. If you shift it to noon and make them study till 7 pm, it’s not 6 pm when they will get tired..[/quote]

I have said this before:
I taught in a school that tried 7 a.m. for elementary.  The kids were fine all day.  
They stopped it because of the busing in the dark morning.  But, it is definitely better than starting late for the attention spans.[/quote]

Elementary kids would do much better with 7 am starts, but parents do not like it.  They are wired to be early risers and be most productive earlier in the day.

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Yours are, not mine :D[/quote]

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