Children Separated by Pay Type

[Alwaysgreener]

Reduced rate, that's a great idea! As is a parent sponsored fundraiser. Rally all of the parents in the entire center to raise funds, then tell them "Sorry! Your child will only benefit from these funds if they are private pay!" ::

I've thought about finding a new provider, but it took me SO LONG to get into this center. I had to push back my start date with my employer because I didn't have child care. I figure by the time my name gets to the top of another center's waiting list, my baby will be in school and this won't be an issue any longer.

I'm definitely keeping an eye on this and will hold the director to her promises of improvements. I'm patient, I can sit back and let them try to keep me happy.

So do some interview with other day cares and get put on their waiting list. You never know you could get a call sooner than you think.

[Alwaysgreener]

Well I can only speak for my experience with HS. DD qualified when she was little, due to her assessment. She also qualified for pre K where she would have been bussed. I beleived that HS would be better so sent her there. She learned nothing that she wouldn't have learned at my home daycare, maybe less. When I asked them about it, the teacher told me (and I can quote I was so appalled I remember it to this day) "we don't teach in HS, this is more for socialization so they can learn to play". I was at least doing some teaching in my daycare. I really feel like I cheated her sending her to HS. She was not ready for kindy. Now to be fair, she has a July 23 birthday so part of not being ready MAY have been age, but the school wouldn't hold her back when we asked they wanted to put her in special ed with in the autistic room 4 hours a day for first grade. DD did not then and has never been diagnosed with any medical or mental issues to cause learning problems. They threatened to take us to court to put her in that classroom. We changed schools she had the same teacher first and second grades who worked her backside up to help DD catch up.

We moved to Ohio in the middle of second grade, the teacher told us there was no way DD would pass the test in third grade to move on and suggested we hold her back in second. It made a world of difference for her with NO special ed, and no autistic classroom.

So in my experience, HS is a complete and total waste of taxpayer dollars and gets us nowhere.

Which brings me to my next question. Now not only do we have HS but we have "no child left behind". How do we go from Head Start to left behind?

I had a home visitor when I was starting up my day care. She asked if I would be sending dd to the three year olds HS. I said no, if I can homeschool my child k-12 then why not preschool. She agreed and admitted HS for three yo was for socialization and play. She also commented that my dd was on target and that she didn't see the need to continue with home vists.

As for no child left behind, I was told there target was more of a finanaclly means. My foster kids got there field trips paid for and continued transportion to and from school, even when they move to a Foster home that was out of the school district. (sometimes this meant that the school would pay for a taxi, or another person to drive the child)
*Side note, I told the school no way was my 8 yo foster girl giving to ride with a random taxi driver, my sister volunteer to do it and they paid her.

The program also continues transportation for children that become homeless (like the family losses a home due to fire or eviction and move out of school district) , so they don't have to continue changing schools every time they move.

There is another part of the program that supplies foster kids with school supplies, which any way states that foster homes refuse to supply the kids with the supplies but on other hand my one foster girl gave away everything that I bought for her (or i think it was bullied from her), so it came in handy when she needed more stuff.

I know that the transportation is at every school but the supplies and field trip thing did vary. One school sent back my check and told me it was covered, while the other school said that "if they had the funds available" -
School supplies was the same way, one child came home with supplies, while the other one got in trouble for not having the supplies needed.