If your child was going to be the only girl/boy in a class from grades 1 through 3, would that be an issue for you? Would that be a negative against the school? It would be a very small class of 15 children.
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No, at Ts school she is the only girl her year. It's a private k-8 so if she did go to private as of now she would be the only girl with about 7 boys. Granted that will likely change but I have no concerns.
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I think it would bother me - is this the only class in that grade level?
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@youboots: That's good to hear. I have some reservations because she's currently in a program where there are more girls than boys and i worry that she will have a negative reaction to the change.
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@Mamaof2: Yes, it's the only class.
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@Freckles: I feel silly feeling like this since you go to school to learn but I know my DD is super girly and would be lost without a girlfriend to hang with at lunch and recess
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Yeah I think that would bother me.
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@Mamaof2: I feel silly even posting this on HB! When i pick her up from school she is doing some kind of art project with a girl in her class. She has always gravitated towards girls, even though she has many friends who are boys.
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@Freckles: well I'm speaking specific to her school but there is lots of intermixing with the other grades and sometimes two grades are put together for certain activities. So I'd expect that she would see her other (girl) friends at lunch and recess and other extracurricular activities. Also she's been with these same kids from 5.5 months- so it's not like it's new kids or a new school. Will she know any of the boys? I wonder why the enrollment is so skewed?
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It seems like a silly worry, but yes, it would worry me. Yes, school is for learning, but it's also for socialization. I would worry that my kid might feel left out or different or not as able to connect socially. I grew up with brothers, but was painfully shy at school and in social situations. My friends were girls. So that colors my view.
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This would worry me. I think that there's quite a bit of opportunity for her to be excluded outside of class. Not just recess and lunch, but being invited to things like birthday parties or playdates. I find it strange that there are no other girls enrolled in a group of 15 though.
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This is a younger child, but I recently spoke with a mom whose son is the only boy in his preschool class of 12 students. She said he is having trouble socializing because he doesn't want to play with the same things as the girls. I do not know him well but he had some issues last year when he was in my son's class as well, so I don't know how much is child specific and how much is because of the mix of kids but it certainly does not seem to be helping him at all!
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my DD's daycare class was skewed towards boys (7/8-2/3) and I noticed a behaviour change towards more aggressive. It switched recently to more balanced and her behaviour has since settled down. I'm not sure if it was because of 1 or 2 boys in the class were more aggressive and they since left so she's not mimicking it as much or it was because there was generally more rough play with more boys. It was interesting to watch as I didn't expect it.
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I thought my son was going to be the only boy in our music class and I was fine with that...but that's a 45 minute class once a week for like 12 weeks. I think it would bother me if my son was the only boy in his class for three years. I think only one boy or girl out of a class of 15 is really strange.
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Kids can be really exclusionary at that age, so I would be concerned if my kid was the only of any sex. Social engineering was alive and well in my son's preschool class, I really was surprised that there was a certain girls clique, down to the queen bee that needed to approve who played what games and with which kids. So, yeah, I'd be concerned.
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@bookwormmama: @kiddosc: @youboots: There are more girls in the 4-6 grades but that's only because parents transferred them from another school upon realizing that their regular schools weren't cutting it for their kids. It's a gifted program, and from what i've read most parents are reluctant to put their daughters into a gifted programs, choosing to go the academic route instead. There is only one girl i saw in the 1-3 class.
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@looch: @skipra: @LindsayLou: I'm definitely worried about connecting socially. But then i wonder maybe there will be less drama?
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It would not be ideal to me at all and if I had any other options I would likely pursue them. If it was a school I thought she needed to be in, I would consider it.
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My kids would really dislike that, I think. I would look for another school.
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It would bother me that the school or district hadn't found a solution to balance out the class more. I would want to understand more about that and what they would do to support DD once she was enrolled.
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@Freckles: I agree, there might be less drama, but I do think that exposure in the early years is a good way for kids to learn how to cope.
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