Our JKLM pk4 also had a calendar; at the beginning of the school year, your child would be advised which two weeks were your family's designated snack weeks. We had one in the fall, one in the spring. A nut-free classroom eliminated a few options, but it was still not a major challenge.

Clementines and Babybel cheeses were our greatest hits. Also, flavored rice cakes (our child loves the cheese ones but we accidentally bought the caramel corn flavor -- hello snack week!) and, yes, goldfish. (Our child insisted on them.)

Anonymous wrote:PP - go back to the suburbs or private school forums. In DC all public school kids go to school full days, not half days.

(fixed my typo)

PP - go back to the suburbs or private school forums. In DC all public school kids go to school, not half days.