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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it’s LAA, the director for defensive because, in my experience, she gets defensive. It’s helpful if you say the school you’re talking about because we might have experience there. LAA is a wonderful school but the director does get defensive (in my experience) if she feels like she’s being challenged.[/quote]

I agree. I’m an LAA parent and the director can be a little defensive when someone disagrees with her. The staff have hinted this too. That being said the school is well run, communication is excellent and the teachers are top notch. I agree that the snacks aren’t that great and[b] I wish they would eliminate the take home snack.[/b] But in the grand scheme of things it’s a minor issue. It’s so difficult to find a trustworthy care provider and I’ve heard some scary stories. OP not sure if you are talking about LAA, but believe me we have it good. Kindergarten is a lot worse and since kids are in school for 13 whole years including kindergarten maybe it would be best to focus your efforts on improving the food offered in APS. My understanding is that it is is much better than before but there is a lot of room for improvement.[/quote]

The take home snack probably cannot be eliminated because the school has to, under VA licensing requirements, provide a snack or meal every X number of hours as long as they are open (even if most of the kids have gone home). I think it's every 3 hours. So if they have lunch at noon and their afternoon snack at 3, and they are technically open for pickup until 6:30, then they are required to have another snack...so the easiest thing for them to do is just have some sort of simple, non perishable take home snack.

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Makes sense. Thank you. My daughter loves the snack and it’s somewhat of a ritual for her and for everyone in the class so I would feel bad saying no to it. It does affect dinner though (probably cuz we live less than 10 minutes away) and I do wish it was healthier and lower in sugar. But like I said in the grand scheme of things it’s a good school and I’m not going to pull my daughter out because I don’t like the snacks. Can’t have everything and this school is close to perfect (for my family at least).[/quote]

Yep, at least the school cares about following licensing rules, right? And I'm sure the snack being there is a positive for the kids who are picked up at the last pickup time (like 6:30 or 7) and still have a long commute home to go after that. 
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