Of course the light green markings are put ther for any crazy people that don't know me. Didn't want to post that!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
I wanted to talk about this for a while now. What I wanted to say, I posted in one of my playgroup message boards so I will just copy and paste it here. Its a Rant...so sorry in advance.
I am getting really frustrated with TN schools. I am wanting to get Julianna into a school setting for next year. I want her to go to preschool at a school 5 days a week so Kindergarten will not be so shocking to her. BUT I am not low income, she has no disabilities or she is not an at-risk child so she can not go to Preschool. I think that is a bunch of crap and it pisses me off to no end. Why should I have to pay for my child's early education? Doesn't she deserve to be taught at a school like other kids who will more than likely be in her kindergarten class the following year? I emailed the Pre-K teacher at Smyrna Primary where it said they were a Title I school. This means that kids can be excepted into the program no matter what, but the lower income and at risk kids are enrolled first. The teacher informed me that they will only be excepting children that are excepted into the free and reduce lunch program.
My family in Ohio can't believe that TN does not cater to every child for preschool. Ohio has an open preschool program for every child.
This whole Pre-K program in TN is probably one of the reasons that TN is low in the rating for excellent schools. Heck I even looked at Lancaster Christian School....just to see what their price was for a 5 days preschool...$153 a week..with adding in a $100 registration fee, $30 supply fee and a $60 yearly book fee.
So all of you that are not in TN are very lucky for your great school system. With the way people are handling this whole crappy economy situation, the middle class is getting to become the lower class and the lower class are becoming the poor.
I am getting really frustrated with TN schools. I am wanting to get Julianna into a school setting for next year. I want her to go to preschool at a school 5 days a week so Kindergarten will not be so shocking to her. BUT I am not low income, she has no disabilities or she is not an at-risk child so she can not go to Preschool. I think that is a bunch of crap and it pisses me off to no end. Why should I have to pay for my child's early education? Doesn't she deserve to be taught at a school like other kids who will more than likely be in her kindergarten class the following year? I emailed the Pre-K teacher at Smyrna Primary where it said they were a Title I school. This means that kids can be excepted into the program no matter what, but the lower income and at risk kids are enrolled first. The teacher informed me that they will only be excepting children that are excepted into the free and reduce lunch program.
My family in Ohio can't believe that TN does not cater to every child for preschool. Ohio has an open preschool program for every child.
This whole Pre-K program in TN is probably one of the reasons that TN is low in the rating for excellent schools. Heck I even looked at Lancaster Christian School....just to see what their price was for a 5 days preschool...$153 a week..with adding in a $100 registration fee, $30 supply fee and a $60 yearly book fee.
So all of you that are not in TN are very lucky for your great school system. With the way people are handling this whole crappy economy situation, the middle class is getting to become the lower class and the lower class are becoming the poor.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Last week I tried to get a video up of Trenton. But for some reason it wasn't wanting to load. So I attempted an update but failed. haha
Lets get to the Kiddos updates!
Korben:
He is doing good. Still in wrestling. He has gotten 3 medals so far. The first one was a beginners tournament where everyone got one. Then he received 2nd place at another tournament and 1st at Clarksville tournament. Last Saturday he got 4th. He seems to enjoy the whole winning something but doesn't really have his heart in the sport. I think he could do alot better. The one tournament he let 5 guys pin him. That is not like Korben. I told Matt that Korben is probably like me and doesn't really have an athletic bone in his body.
School is doing ok. He has been slacking on his homework which in turn makes for poor test grades. He has gotten into the idea that he can get his homework done in the mornings when they are in the gym before being dismissed to their rooms. I need to nip that habit in the butt because I did the samething and would wait to finish my homework in the morning.
He is out of school today because of President's Day. Its been a long day with him home. I have been trying to get over a bug of some sort that I ended up with all day yesterday, so today has been a challenge with all the kids home.
Julianna:
She enjoyed a V-Day party with a local playgroup. She was all excited and was looking forward to the music and flowers and balloons. I think she has watched too many commercials. haha But she wasn't disappointed when we got to the party (30 minutes late) and there wasn't any music or anything. I think the cupcakes won over it all. She ended up with a bruised bottom lip that I was for sure was going to bleed....but didn't. After 15 minutes of her crying and being mad she was over it and went back to play. Lately she has been my little back talker and doesn't like to be told what to do. So her little rear end has been in the corner quite a lot these days.
Trenton:
He is still happy until his teeth start to bother him. His bottom two teeth have been in for a while. He has 3 top teeth through and are waiting for his other front tooth to come in to make 4 top teeth all the way through. He went through a 3:30am wakings for a few weeks which kind of drained me. I wasn't use to getting up that early in the morning. Of course he woke up that early last night while I was sick and achey. That my friends was not a fun morning. He is still Mr. Clingy and won't go to anyone but Matt or I. His 1st Birthday is coming up soon but I haven't even started on getting anything planned. I will most likey have a Sunday party since there is a good chance Korben will have a wrestling tournament that Saturday.
Lets get to the Kiddos updates!
Korben:
He is doing good. Still in wrestling. He has gotten 3 medals so far. The first one was a beginners tournament where everyone got one. Then he received 2nd place at another tournament and 1st at Clarksville tournament. Last Saturday he got 4th. He seems to enjoy the whole winning something but doesn't really have his heart in the sport. I think he could do alot better. The one tournament he let 5 guys pin him. That is not like Korben. I told Matt that Korben is probably like me and doesn't really have an athletic bone in his body.
School is doing ok. He has been slacking on his homework which in turn makes for poor test grades. He has gotten into the idea that he can get his homework done in the mornings when they are in the gym before being dismissed to their rooms. I need to nip that habit in the butt because I did the samething and would wait to finish my homework in the morning.
He is out of school today because of President's Day. Its been a long day with him home. I have been trying to get over a bug of some sort that I ended up with all day yesterday, so today has been a challenge with all the kids home.
Julianna:
She enjoyed a V-Day party with a local playgroup. She was all excited and was looking forward to the music and flowers and balloons. I think she has watched too many commercials. haha But she wasn't disappointed when we got to the party (30 minutes late) and there wasn't any music or anything. I think the cupcakes won over it all. She ended up with a bruised bottom lip that I was for sure was going to bleed....but didn't. After 15 minutes of her crying and being mad she was over it and went back to play. Lately she has been my little back talker and doesn't like to be told what to do. So her little rear end has been in the corner quite a lot these days.
Trenton:
He is still happy until his teeth start to bother him. His bottom two teeth have been in for a while. He has 3 top teeth through and are waiting for his other front tooth to come in to make 4 top teeth all the way through. He went through a 3:30am wakings for a few weeks which kind of drained me. I wasn't use to getting up that early in the morning. Of course he woke up that early last night while I was sick and achey. That my friends was not a fun morning. He is still Mr. Clingy and won't go to anyone but Matt or I. His 1st Birthday is coming up soon but I haven't even started on getting anything planned. I will most likey have a Sunday party since there is a good chance Korben will have a wrestling tournament that Saturday.
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