Susanna’s Blog

The US government has a bad habit of expanding it’s failures as a way of “fixing” them.

I’m looking at schools for Juliana, who should start kindergarten next fall, and having a very hard time finding one that has half-day kindergarten.  I thought the full-day thing was just a way for schools to make more money and for parents to receive free daycare, but turns out it’s a law that all Ohio kindergartens must be all day beginning in fall 2010.   Schools can file for extensions if they don’t have the facilities, money or teachers.  Since the government typically does everything WRONG, they made this law without extra funding.  Many public schools are staying half day, while most private are full day.  I want to home school, and fully understand how overwhelming this could be….however, peace of mind is priceless and this is the only option so far that would give me peace of mind.

The Nature Center class is AWESOME!  Juliana has a new teacher and she is fantastic!  I can’t wait for Emma to start there next year!  I really can’t imagine finding a kindergarten this good…we’ll see.