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I was wondering that since New York city public schools will have full-time Pre-Kindergarten from next year, will school districts in Long Island also follow suit? As I understand, the expansion of full-time Pre-K programs in public schools throughout NY state is inevitable over the next few years.
Nearly every single district in Long Island has had full time kindergarten for like 20 years.
We don't have full day kindergarten, nor do I want it.
And I especially don't want full time pre-k! I'm annoyed at the fact that my current nursery school is requiring that my children attend 4-5 days a week for their 4s program as opposed to 3 days in the past. Needless to say, I'm looking elsewhere (for other reasons in addition to the increase in mandatory days.)
We don't have full day kindergarten, nor do I want it.
And I especially don't want full time pre-k! I'm annoyed at the fact that my current nursery school is requiring that my children attend 4-5 days a week for their 4s program as opposed to 3 days in the past. Needless to say, I'm looking elsewhere (for other reasons in addition to the increase in mandatory days.)
Pre-K I can understand having the choice but why wouldn't you want full day K? It doesn't mean they're hitting the books hard for all 6 hours. My kids love school especially lunch, rec, and snack time with their friends. Gym is another favorite.
Nearly every single district in Long Island has had full time kindergarten for like 20 years.
My district doesn't offer full day K. There are many districts in my area that do not. I don't really want full day pre-K but I don't think you it's fair to bring in the new CC curriculum and save money by offering half day K.
My kids are fine but my daughter has 25 kids in her first grade class. She does not get much attention at all. Maybe it's because she is a good student but I cannot see the teacher having much time to spend with the individual students. If my children struggled academically, I don't think they could catch up in 1st.
Honestly, how can I be asked to pay for full day pre-K for other kids while my own children have half day K? I would rather see full day K or class sizes come down in my own district.
Pre-K I can understand having the choice but why wouldn't you want full day K? It doesn't mean they're hitting the books hard for all 6 hours. My kids love school especially lunch, rec, and snack time with their friends. Gym is another favorite.
Agreed- wasn't full-time K standard on LI until pretty recently because of budget cuts? Half day K is a real problem IMO- and it only widens the socioeconomic gap since everyone who can afford Kindergarten enrichment does it (so those who can't afford it end up even further behind). Not to mention that the kids who can afford enrichment have to go to two different schools. Just not an ideal situation for anyone involved.
My big concern with public pre-k would be that they would make it inappropriatly academic. Pre-k now is what K used to be- it would be a shame if they made pre-k academic, which is what my gut tells me will happen down the road.
Garden City only went to full day kindy....maybe 8 years ago? Not every district has it.
Garden City still calls theirs "extended day" - it's about 40 minutes shorter than the first graders go.
Where I grew up half day K was standard. But it seems like many districts on LI with half day K are doing it because budget doesn't allow for full day K, not because of an educational philosophy. The tricky part is that unless half day K has always been the norm for a district, you have the parents who can afford it sending their kids to enrichment so you have a much wider socioeconomic gap by the time the kids get to first grade. I have many friends whose kids had half day K as a result of budget cuts and most see it as a real problem. Those in Huntington schools are very excited to finally be getting full day K back.
Edited to add that my own personal philosophy is that half day K is more age-appropriate-- but it's just not realistic anymore with what's expected of first graders these days. And regardless of half day vs full day K, it should be consistent and mandated across NY state.
Edited to add that my own personal philosophy is that half day K is more age-appropriate-- but it's just not realistic anymore with what's expected of first graders these days. And regardless of half day vs full day K, it should be consistent and mandated across NY state.
I totally agree. I work as a TA in a kindy class. They are doing ridiculous things in kindy.
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