I don't know how some people do it... The public school system in our area has ONE full day Kindergarten class in my district's elementary school. And it's lottery based up to 22 kids. So then all the other kids are put in 1/2 day classes. And the school system happily provides afterschool care BUTTTTTTTT only from 3pm. So for all those 1/2 day kindergarteners who REALLY need the afterschool care and are not at an age that can be left alone or be a latch key kid..... there's NOTHING!
This is so freakin aggravating.
It's likely my son will be in one of the 1/2 day programs. I can only hope it's the afternoon so that I can at least have him in the afterschool care and possibly be able to work part time.
Otherwise, I'm forced to have him in daycare or some sort of extended care for even longer so that I can work all day just to pay for the extended care. Ugh!
Is there nothing affordable in this world? We need for me to work at least part time. I'm gonna do the Independent consultant thing again, but I can't totally rely on it, particularly if I need to do something like 10-15 demos in a month just to break even. It's heartbreaking. I'd never see my family cuz my weekends would be filled.
This is why our kids can't read. It's not that Kindergarten doesn't teach them, it's just that there's not enough Kindergarten to go around. So of course they can't read in 1st grade. If I have to choose between working so we can eat and sending him to 1/2 day kindergarten and staying home, then there's really no choice. I'm fortunate that I might be able to send him to a parochial school for Kindergarten that has a full day and afterschool care. But then I still have to find the job, too, now. I was hoping to be able to cut back to part time and be home a little bit, but not to the point where I'm off the market.
9-11:30 does not make for good part time work!
it's hopeless. I'm so friggin upset. I have to find SOMETHING! gosh this really sucks...
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