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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can any current or recent Appletree CH parents comment on their lateness and absence policies? I've heard stories about kids not being allowed to come to school for the day if they arrive late. I want my kids to respect school, and we try very hard to get them out the door on time, but as a working parent, the idea that we're always one 5-minute delay away from having to find backup childcare for a day is terrifying to me.[/quote]

We went to CH last year.  Once in awhile arriving at 9:02 or 9:07 will probably not be a problem.  Arriving once a week 5+ minutes after 9:00.. Appletree is not for you.  We are a family who can be quite chaotic in the mornings (well, chaotic all the time!), but in the end we appreciated Appletree's strictness on this, because it made us be there on time, and we almost always were.  Sporadic lateness is probably workable.  Regular lateness, not a good fit with Appletree.

Btw at CH they say the cut off is 8:45, which is why everyone is there by 9:00 because they start acting like you're late after 8:45.  But as long as you're there by 9:00, you're good.[/quote]

Thank you! I have to think about this, but it's exactly what I needed to know.[/quote]

Most kids are in the classroom by 8.40am.  You can arrive any time after 8am.  If you arrive consistently at 9am every day it is disruptive for the other kids and for the classroom.  Morning meeting starts at 8.45am and it's an important part of the day.  That said, I know that they only enforce the policy for those who are consistently late.  A few weeks ago at our campus one of the parents told me that she had arrived shortly after 9am (a couple of minutes) and was turned away.  It was the first time she'd been late.  As she was putting her son back into the car she received a phone call telling her that she could come back and that they were only being strict with her because another parent who was habitually late had also just arrived and they were sending her away for the first time.  She understood and was glad that her kid could go to school that day.

You need to plan to be there by 8.45am every day.  If you can't commit to getting there on time then find a different school.  It's not daycare.  Any school has a policy that kids need to be there at a certain time, and few will tolerate chronic lateness.[/quote]

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