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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i feel for the OP. dropping off your kids shouldn't be THIS hard. the school should work with this mom, not against. sorry, it's trite, but it does take a village. our DCPS starts at 8:45, but parents are allowed to drop kids off as early as 8:15 for supervised play on the playground. that's still too late for my family, so my DH takes our DS at 7:15 and we pay for beforecare. it's cheap, though....$25/week (plus we pay another $100/week for aftercare). but we only have 1 kid. i don't think i'd like to shell out double the money for such a brief time. this is PUBLIC school! bottomline, this principal should be more flexible. i am thankful that our school is.[/quote]

it's not really that hard.  it just sounds like OP doesn't want to explore any option other than being able to drop her kids off unattended for 30 minutes for free.  She can continue to do so, but the principal is making sure parents know that the school isn't responsible until 835.  Otherwise, she could do beforecare, which is $85 a month (so less than your $25 a week), work out an arrangement with another parent to walk them to school; work out an arrangement with a group of parents who are similarly situated to hire someone to watch the kids for 30 mins at a much cheaper rate then beforecare, drop her other (older?) child first, drop these kids a walkable distance from the school.  See there are at least 5 options.

As for parking, it would be nice if there were 15 min parking around the school at drop-off time, but there isn't.  But there is 2 hour parking 2 blocks away from the school on Yuma, 43rd, Albemarle and various other streets.

Being a parent is stressful and can be tough to coordinate to be sure, but the OP seems to have an ax to grind (and as others noted has created a hilarious thread--I respond only for those that might need to know what options might help them).  [/quote]

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