Is it expensive to have an elementary school from 1-8?
It’s usually K-5. Is it because it’s cheaper? Or is it because schools are too lazy to expand?
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It also provides state funding to the school for parents that cannot afford to send their child(ren) to preschool such as Kindercare. The funds are used for the Kindergarden children as well as grades 1-5. So the entire school benefits from including these children. It’s also kind of fun to be able to see the kids grow from one year to the next. 🙂 Kindergarden kids look up to the 5th graders etc. 🙂
Your question “why don’t we have elementary schools from grades 1-8″….we do in certain school systems. Mounsoriti schools are TERRIFIC and do this all the time. I think personally it’s a wonderful idea, as then the child (children) do not have to change schools. In fact it might be great to see schools open 1-12 grades. I do believe there are certain schools that do try to go from K-12, but they are few and far between.
Again, everything revert back to the states school budgets and the safety of the kids.
In elementary school…you don’t necessarily have all the problems you encounter say in Middle School.
Then from Middle School to High School….same thing. Sometimes kids become more agressive and meanier…especially to children with special needs.
It’s so sad, because these are children that are truly WONDERFUL, INTELLIGENT & SO VERY KIND.
I know, I have a child in ESE & regular education classes and its tough from time to time. I help him all I can and seek all the support he needs from the school system. Sometimes it is very difficult to get things that are necessary to help him learn.
Let me try to explain one more thing….Special Education includes both children that have disabilities and children that have behavioral problems. This is sad, because the children that have disabilities are truly trying to learn and the kids in ESE seem to get “lumped together” and everyone thinks they are just displinary problem kids. This isn’t necessarily true. Kids with disabilities (like my son) have medical conditions. My son have brain lesions, so he has a harder time with writing…not because he is “bad” but because it’s the way his brain functions. It’s not his fault, but he is put in with other kids that “cause problems” and in turn it causes him problems because he is trying to handle a medical condition and still trying to learn all he can. (I hope this is making sense).
You are a very bright child and I think you have a furture in Special Education/Special Needs area for helping kids. You would make a very kind, & thoughtful teacher.
Blessings, Patti
I don’t think Kindergarten should be in a different building. It’s part of school. I never had any problems in Kindergarten being in the same school as older kids. It gives you someone to look up to and gets you use to being in that environment. We all turned out fine. I always thought that Pre-School got you ready for school. I’ve never heard anyone consider Kindergarten ‘Pre-School’.
I do understand why schools are separated into Elementary, Junior High and High School, because when I was in Grade 7-9, it was kind of annoying to always be around the little kids and always having to share the hallways with them.
Also, in many urban areas, the school would have to be…well, massive…in order to accomodate all the kids. In just my part of town, the 6th grade center alone has about 1,000 kids and is larger than the high school I attended (in a small town).
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