Funny, the LSC and most if not all of the administration touted the EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER as leading cornerstone in the forward progress of education. I was chastised by many of my friends for opposing it.
Let me recap a bit. I was against busing Kindergarteners by themseles across town. There have been none too publicized problems with a few fights on buses, buses being late, and a few traffic problems. There hae also been a few weather issues. All in all, it could have been worse.
The big arguement about not moving the fifh graders was that it wasn't fair to moe them out of their home school even though they are more able to handle a move physically and better able to adapt developmentally.
So they moved the kindergarteners from three different schools, moving our littlest ones away from their own communities and families when they are least able to adapt psychologically. Now come o find out they are't going a GRADUATION CEREMONY.
That is an important milestone in their development. I amsure my daughter will always remember the bonquet of flowers my wife got for her after marching across the floor of the Ford School gymnasium. I hate to think others are going to be denied their own memories because thereis no place to have it,
The issue with moving the 5 th grade was time on task...they need learning time a lot more than kindergarten students. Plain and simple. Also 6 year olds are a lot smaller , they fit better in small space, don't need as many facilities like art rooms, gyms for contact sports, music rooms, lcomputer rooms, the list goes on. Any educator could tell you this, it is a model used in lots of cities . And kindergarten graduations are being phased out in many districts. Get with the program, read some educational literature, do so,e legitimate research.
ReplyDeleteYou are clearly more intelligent than me but cou;d you tell me if SHOEMAKER and LYNN WOODS or any of the other Kindergartens didn't have Kindergarten graduation or did the PHASING OUT just happen in the poorer neighborhoods?
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