At long last, tomorrow is the first day of school! Unfortunately Andy has to be in New York, because I could really use a hand getting all three kids settled into new classrooms—not to mention schlepping the 5 grocery bags full of "required" school supplies ($200 at Staples!) down the street. This afternoon we went over to the school to meet Steph and Pete's teachers and to hug Julie's teacher, locate the kids' cubbies, try out the new and improved playground, and just shmooze.
In our city, grades 1–5 go to school from 8:30 to 3:00 every day except for Tuesday, when they go from 8:30 to 12:30. Kindergarteners go from 8:30 to 12:30 every day, except half of each class ("A" team) stays until 3:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays and half of each class ("B" team) stays until 3:00 on Thursdays and Fridays. It sounds confusing, but it's a really great system, because it gives them a chance to ease into the full-day thing, and the student-teacher ratio is twice as good for those few hours each week. But the stay-days don't start until October.
In our city, grades 1–5 go to school from 8:30 to 3:00 every day except for Tuesday, when they go from 8:30 to 12:30.
How do people maintain a work schedule like that??
Posted by: scott | September 05, 2007 at 11:04 PM
Do you mean that the 1st to 5th graders get out at 12:30 every Tuesday all year long? Is your school year longer to accommodate this?
Posted by: Elena | September 06, 2007 at 07:16 AM
Scott, there's a very good after-care program at the school from 12:30 to 6:00 every day.
Posted by: Karen | September 06, 2007 at 07:27 AM
No, Elena, it's 180 days just like everywhere else. I don't know how the hours calculate out.
Posted by: Karen | September 06, 2007 at 07:28 AM