http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/01/city-o...rten-manda

Quote:Should kindergarten be mandatory?

Lawmakers in Buffalo, New York, think so. The city recently changed its policy and made kindergarten mandatory for all 5-year-olds. Parents in the city must now send their little ones to the schoolhouse or face enforcement through child protective service agencies.

Currently, the quasi-grade it is not mandatory in most states. While all states provide kindergarten, parents are under no legal obligation in most states to send their kids off to the school until their sixth birthday.

Policymakers in Buffalo say they need the law to improve kindergarten absenteeism rates. Before attendance was mandatory, parents who voluntarily chose to enroll their kids didn't "take attendance for kindergarten classes seriously."

Yeah, the state wants to train their serfs early.

5 years old seems a bit young. I was in pre school at the age of 5.

The indoctrination camps are getting to them earlier.

I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

(07-02-2014 09:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

I had no idea conservatives have such a big problem with it

but then again they also hate soccer...

(07-02-2014 09:01 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

I had no idea conservatives have such a big problem with it

Tyranny of any form is offensive.

John did not attend Kindergarten. He was held back in 1st grade.

(07-02-2014 08:57 AM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  5 years old seems a bit young. I was in pre school at the age of 5.

The indoctrination camps are getting to them earlier.

You were old then.

I was in Kindergarten at 5 and I had kids in my class that were 4. I turned 6 during the year, but I was 5 when it started and the same was true for everyone in the class except those that were 4.

Basically, if you were 4 years old and your birthday fell before the middle of October you could enroll if you wanted. Parents had the option to hold you out until you were 6 or 7 though. Anyone born after mid October had to wait until the next year when they were 5.

it takes a village. and the elimination of parental authority.

(07-02-2014 09:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

Our code is that if a child is 6 on September 30th, s/he must attend school. That would put him or her in 1st grade. I only know this because I just registered mine for kindergarten and it was on the website.

(07-02-2014 09:33 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

Our code is that if a child is 6 on September 30th, s/he must attend school.

It can be homeschool.

Wait, kindergarten isn't mandatory at public schools? Everyone in my old school district when to kindergarten at age 5 (18 years ago).

Question, do all you cons that constantly bi/itch and moan about public schools send your kids to private schools?

(07-02-2014 09:38 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  Question, do all you cons that contently bi/itch and moan about public schools send your kids to private schools?

Question- why do failing schools insist on taking my money?

(07-02-2014 09:37 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:33 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I had no idea there were still places where kindergarten was optional.

Our code is that if a child is 6 on September 30th, s/he must attend school.

It can be homeschool.

It can. Homeschooling is relatively popular in VA and I have seen results from one extreme to the other.

(07-02-2014 09:40 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:38 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  Question, do all you cons that contently bi/itch and moan about public schools send your kids to private schools?

Question- why do failing schools insist on taking my money?

So privatize everything then?

(07-02-2014 09:44 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:40 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(07-02-2014 09:38 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  Question, do all you cons that contently bi/itch and moan about public schools send your kids to private schools?

Question- why do failing schools insist on taking my money?

So privatize everything then?

It's not my first response, but since the idealogues can't keep their hands off, then maybe that's the right course.

Anyway, the US didn't always have public schools, and the world didn't spin off its axis and spiral into the Sun.

The irony is that nations which have dramatically better educations systems than ours do not send kids to school this early. I thought liberals were all about Europeans style programs, well, this isn't one.