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Beginning to get worried about sending DC to public school. We live in a very good school district and we can't afford private. It's just not an option. He started going to UPK this year at a very good preschool. I feel like the teachers are not enthusiastic. I overheard someone ask the assistant how she was liking her class this year and she said "it's ok...it's UPK".
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10.07.08, 06:46 AM [ Flag ]
- What does one have to do with the other?
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  - UPK is public. This is my first taste of the NYC public school system.
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    10.07.08, 06:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - But you have one comment from one teacher. Does'nt mean much
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      10.07.08, 06:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Just having a bad day I guess. DC didn't want to go today and he's been having some discipline issues. I think the class may be too large for him. He seems overwhelmed.
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        10.07.08, 06:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        18 is too large?
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        10.07.08, 06:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        All kids are different. Mine gets very excited when he's in a large group. He's high energy.
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        10.07.08, 06:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- What's she supposed to do? Jump up and down while clapping and squealing with joy?!
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  10.07.08, 06:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Will you be my friend?
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- What is your zoned school?
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  10.07.08, 06:48 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- don't compare public pre-k to public school. the former is essentially babysitting. what's your zoned school?
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  - Do you have dc's in public school?
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    10.07.08, 06:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - yes, i really do.
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      10.07.08, 06:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - What was kindergarten like for you? OP
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        10.07.08, 06:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        great. we were very happy. still are.
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        10.07.08, 07:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Really? How are they different? They have to follow guidelines, larger classes than the private PreK etc.
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    10.07.08, 06:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Np; Once you're in a good public school, the program is much more comprehensive and long-term than what you experience at UPK.
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      10.07.08, 06:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ditto - mom with children in public who also went to prek in public
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        10.07.08, 06:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        tritto
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        10.07.08, 06:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Thanks. Just having a bad day and worried that I'm not making the right choices for my dc.
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    - not really that much larger -- our private prek had 16 kids versus 18 for upk.
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      10.07.08, 07:25 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - our private preK has 20 - with 3 teachers but still.
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        10.07.08, 07:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- If you will tell us your zoned school, we'll tell you whether you should be worried.
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  10.07.08, 06:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Maybe I'm paranoid but I don't want to out myself. Small community in my neighborhood. School is good from everything I've read and heard. OP
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    10.07.08, 06:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - you won't out yourself.
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      10.07.08, 07:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Trust me, you will not out yourself. I heard all the time about how great our zoned school was. But when it came time to tour, I just wasn't getting it. Glad that we had other options.
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      10.07.08, 07:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- what's UPK?
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  10.07.08, 07:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Universal Preschool
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    10.07.08, 07:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Personally, I think all of the NYC publics are medicre at best. I know I will beflamed but I feel this way.
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  10.07.08, 07:03 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - and you know this from personal experience with every single school? wow.
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    10.07.08, 07:08 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - and you know so many public schools that you can generalize like that, right?
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    10.07.08, 07:16 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Not mine.
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    10.07.08, 07:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - not mine either. very happy so far with K.
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      10.07.08, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Eh, it is just UPK. It's daycare. Quite boring for a teacher. I understand where she is ocming from.
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  10.07.08, 07:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- If you have no choice, what good is worry going to do you? You can talk to the teachers about their concerns and advocate for them; you can get involved at the school; you can supplement the education at home.
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  10.07.08, 07:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- are you zoned for a particular school? post a Q in this thread asking whether people have experience with x, x, and x schools for preK and K.
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Posted October 3, 2007(37 replies)

What does one have to do with the other?

UPK is public. This is my first taste of the NYC public school system.

But you have one comment from one teacher. Does'nt mean much

Just having a bad day I guess. DC didn't want to go today and he's been having some discipline issues. I think the class may be too large for him. He seems overwhelmed.

18 is too large?

All kids are different. Mine gets very excited when he's in a large group. He's high energy.

What's she supposed to do? Jump up and down while clapping and squealing with joy?!

Will you be my friend?

What is your zoned school?

don't compare public pre-k to public school. the former is essentially babysitting. what's your zoned school?

Do you have dc's in public school?

yes, i really do.

What was kindergarten like for you? OP

great. we were very happy. still are.

Really? How are they different? They have to follow guidelines, larger classes than the private PreK etc.

Np; Once you're in a good public school, the program is much more comprehensive and long-term than what you experience at UPK.

ditto - mom with children in public who also went to prek in public

tritto

Thanks. Just having a bad day and worried that I'm not making the right choices for my dc.

not really that much larger -- our private prek had 16 kids versus 18 for upk.

our private preK has 20 - with 3 teachers but still.

If you will tell us your zoned school, we'll tell you whether you should be worried.

Maybe I'm paranoid but I don't want to out myself. Small community in my neighborhood. School is good from everything I've read and heard. OP

you won't out yourself.

Trust me, you will not out yourself. I heard all the time about how great our zoned school was. But when it came time to tour, I just wasn't getting it. Glad that we had other options.

what's UPK?

Universal Preschool

Personally, I think all of the NYC publics are medicre at best. I know I will beflamed but I feel this way.

and you know this from personal experience with every single school? wow.

and you know so many public schools that you can generalize like that, right?

Not mine.

not mine either. very happy so far with K.

Eh, it is just UPK. It's daycare. Quite boring for a teacher. I understand where she is ocming from.

If you have no choice, what good is worry going to do you? You can talk to the teachers about their concerns and advocate for them; you can get involved at the school; you can supplement the education at home.

are you zoned for a particular school? post a Q in this thread asking whether people have experience with x, x, and x schools for preK and K.

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