To the editor: I actually want this text went into extra element about the entire level of why kindergarten attendance is so necessary (“Kindergarten is important, but illness, tears make chronic absenteeism a challenge,” Sept. 22). It’s actually a heck of much more than “Play-Doh and coloring.”
I used to be privileged to have the ability to volunteer in three of my grandchildren’s (ages 11, 9 and seven) public college kindergarten lecture rooms. I spent three hours sooner or later every week for a 12 months seeing first-hand what these younger youngsters have been studying. Positive, there was some coloring, however they realized all their letters, numbers and punctuation marks. They realized the right way to add and subtract. They realized about completely different animals and well-known folks. By the top of the 12 months, most of those children have been writing multi-sentence essays (positive, the spelling wasn’t good, but it surely was a begin), studying books and answering advanced questions. That’s to not point out the event of their socialization abilities and studying to comply with instructions. For this reason it’s necessary for younger youngsters to go to kindergarten. Those that don’t are woefully unprepared for first grade and past.
I can’t assure that each one faculties provide this degree of instruction, however I’m prepared to wager that almost all do. This was not a personal or constitution college. It was a typical elementary college within the Chino Valley Unified College District. I hope future reporting on this difficulty explains additional how helpful kindergarten is for a kid’s instructional development.
Elaine Regus, San Dimas
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To the editor: Like so many articles relating to public schooling recently, many of the blame is positioned on the colleges. The primary half of the article referenced a number of parent-focus teams and their complaints. Briefly, faculties have to do a greater job of defining persistent absences, academics yell, college is boring, and many others. The second half of the article highlighted a number of methods faculties can implement to enhance attendance.
Possibly I’m misguided, however isn’t it a guardian’s accountability to get their children to high school? Why are we afraid to carry folks accountable for his or her habits, particularly when it immediately impacts the way forward for their youngsters? Academics have numerous tasks, however getting children off the bed and on their method to college just isn’t one in all them. There’s solely a lot faculties can do. They can’t repair society’s ills.
It’s OK to carry folks accountable. My dad and mom did it to me. I do it to my college students every single day. And I did it to my very own youngsters all through the years. We rise to the extent of expectations put upon us. Proper now, we don’t appear to count on a lot from dad and mom, and we’re seeing the results.
Ray Herrera, Rancho Cucamonga
