Anonymous
Post 08/26/2025 14:59     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:Transition day helped my kid so much. Glad it happened


Honestly, it helped me realize my baby is a big kid. He was fine getting on the bus! He met a new friend! I was worried for nothing. I think he was actually disappointed he had to go with big sister today!
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2025 14:39     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:I am quite frustrated about this new transition day. In the past, we'd do a sneak peak on Friday where we'd meet the teacher with our DD and send her on the bus with everyone else on Monday. This year they are doing a transition day for only K and new students, and doing the sneak peak an hour later for older students. I have a K and a 3rd who will both ride the bus. So now I have to send my K on the bus alone, she will walk to her class where all of the walkers (most kids) will be with their parents for the first 30 minutes, then watch these kids say goodbye to their parents. Meanwhile, we will be somewhere else in the school with our 3rd. Guess we don't get to meet the K teacher?

Anyone else have a similar set up to us and have a better plan?


I'm thrilled we are cutting back on the snowflake nonsense.
Nature is healing.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2025 03:50     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Transition day helped my kid so much. Glad it happened
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 16:22     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am quite frustrated about this new transition day. In the past, we'd do a sneak peak on Friday where we'd meet the teacher with our DD and send her on the bus with everyone else on Monday. This year they are doing a transition day for only K and new students, and doing the sneak peak an hour later for older students. I have a K and a 3rd who will both ride the bus. So now I have to send my K on the bus alone, she will walk to her class where all of the walkers (most kids) will be with their parents for the first 30 minutes, then watch these kids say goodbye to their parents. Meanwhile, we will be somewhere else in the school with our 3rd. Guess we don't get to meet the K teacher?

Anyone else have a similar set up to us and have a better plan?


Your school lets parents of walkers go inside? Ours never has. Why don't you just walk in with her that day then and save the bus for the next day? Bring your third grader and then go on to their classroom an hour later.


This. I would not stress about this too much. The transition day isn’t required. If you can’t pry your kindergartener off of you, I’d just do the third grade open house as the three of you and go home for the day.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 16:20     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:I am quite frustrated about this new transition day. In the past, we'd do a sneak peak on Friday where we'd meet the teacher with our DD and send her on the bus with everyone else on Monday. This year they are doing a transition day for only K and new students, and doing the sneak peak an hour later for older students. I have a K and a 3rd who will both ride the bus. So now I have to send my K on the bus alone, she will walk to her class where all of the walkers (most kids) will be with their parents for the first 30 minutes, then watch these kids say goodbye to their parents. Meanwhile, we will be somewhere else in the school with our 3rd. Guess we don't get to meet the K teacher?

Anyone else have a similar set up to us and have a better plan?


Your school lets parents of walkers go inside? Ours never has. Why don't you just walk in with her that day then and save the bus for the next day? Bring your third grader and then go on to their classroom an hour later.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 15:40     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:Can you drive somewhere near the school and park so you can walk up with both kids?


Yes, but I worry about leaving my 5 year old in her classroom. It would be a lot easier to say goodbye at the bus stop than at school. She's very excited about the bus and I assume a lot of the kindergarteners will have trouble saying bye to their parent in person. I almost want to skip the whole day. -op
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 15:39     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Anonymous wrote:Our big kid open house is in the afternoon when K is doing specials. The principal always says if your kids are going to ride the bus, start that the first day, and I would normally agree, except that he will normally ride with his sister, not all alone... I would love it if I could put her on there too and pick her up at the school!


Depending on the school, you probably can. Our school is accepting kids of all grades, but it's supposed to be only new kids.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:36     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Can you drive somewhere near the school and park so you can walk up with both kids?
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:02     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
Our big kid open house is in the afternoon when K is doing specials. The principal always says if your kids are going to ride the bus, start that the first day, and I would normally agree, except that he will normally ride with his sister, not all alone... I would love it if I could put her on there too and pick her up at the school!
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:26     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
I'm also frustrated with Transition Day -- our school said specifically that it's only for kindergarteners, despite MCPS saying it is for students new to a school in any grade. We are friends with another family transitioning to this school for 1st, and they said they are going to send their kid anyway. I'm not sure what we will do, hoping to get further clarification when we meet the teacher on Thursday.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 11:25     Subject: Transition day for Kindergarten and new students
I am quite frustrated about this new transition day. In the past, we'd do a sneak peak on Friday where we'd meet the teacher with our DD and send her on the bus with everyone else on Monday. This year they are doing a transition day for only K and new students, and doing the sneak peak an hour later for older students. I have a K and a 3rd who will both ride the bus. So now I have to send my K on the bus alone, she will walk to her class where all of the walkers (most kids) will be with their parents for the first 30 minutes, then watch these kids say goodbye to their parents. Meanwhile, we will be somewhere else in the school with our 3rd. Guess we don't get to meet the K teacher?

Anyone else have a similar set up to us and have a better plan?