Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:46:16 +0000 mrsjazz on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283416 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:00:07 +0000 mrsjazz 2283416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day but they are doing half day since lots of parents complained about not having the option and their children not being ready for full-time. I'm so happy for full day Pre-K! Can't wait for next year. MamaCate on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283328 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:19:06 +0000 MamaCate 2283328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The district we live in is full day but they district we may open enroll LO in is half day. I think they may offer extended day for a fee but I haven't done that much research since it is still two years away! We are also considering private school which would be full day. KT326 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283324 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:16:27 +0000 KT326 2283324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is a full school day 8:05-2:10. We will be doing after school care as well. Mamaof2 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283248 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:08:30 +0000 Mamaof2 2283248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1/2 day So DS did before and after care at his old DCP - they did drop offs and picks up to K. Kinda sucked that I had to pay for another year of DCP but I like that DS started with 1/2 day - its much more work than when I was a kid and he was pretty exhausted by the end of the day! MK0180 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283228 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:50:15 +0000 MK0180 2283228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our district does free half-day and then you have to pay if you want to do full day. ShootingStar on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283213 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:38:17 +0000 ShootingStar 2283213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our school district has free 1/2 day K or you can pay $3400 for the year/$340 per month for full day. MrsF on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283203 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:26:27 +0000 MrsF 2283203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is half day but you can pay for full day, which I think we will probably do. regberadaisy on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283198 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:23:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2283198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MamaG: oh you're paying for it. Bummer. Ours has an option through a local daycare. But since it's not ours it's not worth it to switch my older one. I'd assume it was a full day kinder program but I can't find any information online confirming this. I've just emailed the school secretary to find out what it will be in 2017! MamaG on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283177 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:11:03 +0000 MamaG 2283177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @regberadaisy: Unfortunately its not really a savings. It's a private pay program through our school district. There are typically only 80 kids that get in, this year it was expanded to 100. It's the same as what we were paying in daycare expense. jape14 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283174 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:10:05 +0000 jape14 2283174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Where we live is full-day, but where I grew up was (is) half-day. mauxie on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283173 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:10:02 +0000 mauxie 2283173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day here PurplePeony on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283143 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:56:27 +0000 PurplePeony 2283143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's weird. All schools in the district offer full-day, but you have to pay a fee for it at about 1/3 of the schools. The other 2/3 are free. At the schools that charge a fee, you can make arrangements for your kid to go a half-day for free. I have no idea why it's structured this way, instead of charging a lower fee across the board, except that most of the fee-charging schools appear to be in "richer" neighborhoods. I know our state Supreme Court has mandated full funding for full-day kindergarten (among other things) and there's a huge fight between them and the legislature about it, so maybe the fee will go away by the time DD is in school...who knows. birdofafeather on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283129 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:50:03 +0000 birdofafeather 2283129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As a kid, I went to half day, but seeing that a lot of schools are now full day for K. Mrs D on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283123 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:47:40 +0000 Mrs D 2283123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day Alivoo01 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283104 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:35:50 +0000 Alivoo01 2283104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In my hometown, it's a half day. Where I live currently, I just found out it's a full day! regberadaisy on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283100 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:32:30 +0000 regberadaisy 2283100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MamaG: I wished we had a full day prek! Ours is only 2.5 hours. Pointless when you both WOH! No saving daycare $ till kinder for us. :/ MamaG on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283096 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:29:18 +0000 MamaG 2283096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ full day! It's a big reason we opted to do Pre-K(4) as a full day program as well. BandDmommy on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283074 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:15:42 +0000 BandDmommy 2283074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Half day. We will be sending our kids to private full day kindergarten. yin on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283073 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:14:16 +0000 yin 2283073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day. Autumnmama79 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283072 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:14:01 +0000 Autumnmama79 2283072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As of 2013, full day kindergarten here (Vancouver, BC). As a teacher and a parent, I find it can be a little long for many children. Going to preschool/daycare prior to, helps a great deal. Charm54 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283070 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:12:49 +0000 Charm54 2283070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My province is Full day YouGotMe on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283069 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:12:41 +0000 YouGotMe 2283069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whole Provience has full day JK and SK. fancyfunction on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283067 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:11:23 +0000 fancyfunction 2283067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is full day. I remember mine being half day though. lawbee11 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283060 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:09:33 +0000 lawbee11 2283060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 8:00-1:50. Not really sure if that counts as full or half. Kinda seems in between. mrs. wagon on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283054 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:06:34 +0000 mrs. wagon 2283054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our town offers both but only half day is free. Full day is $1800 for the year. Extended day is also extra of course. Wednesdays are half days for all kindergarteners. regberadaisy on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283053 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:05:42 +0000 regberadaisy 2283053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day; thank god!!! Bao on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283051 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:05:11 +0000 Bao 2283051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day M-F Rainbow Sprinkles on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283049 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:04:43 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2283049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full day. But some of the local private schools only do full day M-Th, and kindergarteners have Fridays off. NCSUchick27 on "Does your school system do full or half-day kindergarten?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-school-system-do-full-or-half-day-kindergarten#post-2283047 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:03:53 +0000 NCSUchick27 2283047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I just found out from a coworker that our county only offers half-day kindergarten. I don't have any LOs yet so I had never really looked into it here. I was a little surprised as everywhere else I have lived has done full-day, How common is it for a school system to only offer half-day kindergarten?