Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Price of Public Education

We start kindergarten registration in a week or two. The thing is that in order to get Bacon into a routine that will mimic that of the rest of his time in school we are going to have to put him in the full day program. The downside to that is the cost. The fact that you have to pay out of pocket, for them to participate. 

$275 a month to be exact, plus a NON-Refundable $250 deposit. 

What happened to the days of half day kindergarten? What is this every other day and the second and fourth Friday of the month crap? When did this start and WHO thought that 5 year olds would benefit from this? 

The positive thing is that this is MUCH CHEAPER than daycare, and he will be in a structured learning environment where he LOVES to be. He will be able to be better prepared for the first grade, and he should over all be a happy camper that he gets to go to school every day. 

I will be sad that I have to write such a hugh check to the school every month. I will be sad that there isn't another option for him to get a better education, at the school he is established at. I will be sad that I have to pay that much and he still will have about 4 days a month home from school for "Teacher Education" and other such nonsense. 

4 comments:

Ann(ie) said...

wow. I'm pretty sure Ben will be joining him in a few years, and it is cheaper than daycare, but holy god...for kindergarten????? I'd better start robbing banks to prepare for college.

Givinya De Elba said...

Holy Wow. That's huge. Kindergarten? Unbelievable.

mamikaze said...

Talk to his school OT, he may qualify for his Kinder fees to be covered if she can justify that he needs it for his Aspergers. She can write it into his IEP that he needs the structure and consistent peer group to continue to improve. It happens all the time in our district.
PSD is losing Full-day kinder all together next year because of our budget shortfall.

Anonymous said...

We are glad that our attendance Obtain Viagra Rebate Rather is one of the first in the Internet, commonly, discount Viagra now specializing on online pharmaceutics Viagra.