They close at the first sign of a snow flake, They have long summer and holiday vacations, and the kids only get 6 to 7 hours. In some states, ( Maryland was one when we lived there) the teachers have a “preparation” hour so Wednesday was even shorter than the rest.
Honestly...If parents need day care I am confident that private vouchers schools ( institutional or home-based) could do a far better job of doing both schooling and day care than any government school in our county.
I know here in southern Indiana - the teachers are fading in what they could have done - to being nothing more than just there. Even the new governor of Indiana told the democrat elected Super of schools - to basically (piss off) - and as far as what each child is worth - it’s a little over $5400 for the year.
The schools here have gone to a longer day and school year. Plus, the salaries are being capped. The school systems are now under pressure to reform education to where the students must perform and show progress - or the teacher is going to lose their job. I think the public sector schools are now realizing that as good as technology is at bringing children into public schools so they can capture that $5400 - it can also just as well be used in a secure home setting.
As Winter has pointed out - she covered everything in great detail and had outstanding results for her children in a H/S environment...I have seen personally, that say for instance - the Middle School has 6 classes (50 min ea) - plus lunch - and a home room - where the day start at 7:50 - and ends at 3:10 - (7 hrs) - the kids come in - loud and rude - takes 20 minutes to get them settled - 20 minutes to instruct and give out home work - and the other 10 minutes dealing with interruptions through out the last 30 minutes...a complete waste of energy and time...and these kids think this is how the work and college environment should be - because that how they show up to work...
Go to a fast food restaurant lately where teenagers are working - and look at how the food is ordered - their tone of voice - and then the actual product...if one cannot take simple pride in constructing a chicken sandwich - how are they going to perform at a higher functioning position...???
I’ve stopped going to fast food this and other health concerns - but the point is - students used to take pride in their education and demand they be taught at a competitive level — that is absent and no one is calling to see what happened to it!
When these “lack of prepared” students hit the military service - geez...that’s a book in explanation...I’ve hundreds of soldiers and had to mentor and re-construct them in a combat environment — yrs of lacking from public sector schools = national security nightmare!