Anonymous
Post 06/13/2012 00:53     Subject: Re:half-day vs. full-day kindergarten

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, you may want to know that Mondays is 1/2 day in most FFC schools. The dismissal time varies depending on the school Bell schedule. Just as a heads up.


Is this just for K, or for all grades?


All elementary. The teachers use Monday afternoons for planning. Been this way since beginning of time.


Yes, it's in Genesis.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2012 22:16     Subject: Re:half-day vs. full-day kindergarten

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, you may want to know that Mondays is 1/2 day in most FFC schools. The dismissal time varies depending on the school Bell schedule. Just as a heads up.


Is this just for K, or for all grades?


All elementary. The teachers use Monday afternoons for planning. Been this way since beginning of time.


Good to know. Not very nice for working parents. I'm sure there's a thread somewhere about this?


Ummm, no. It's been in place since the mid 1990's.
And no, it doesn't mean less instruction. When the switch was made, a half hour was added to the school day Tues-Fri.


It started well before the mid-90s.


Yup. I have friends who say it was that way for them growing up.