So from September DD2 and DD3 will be going to school Saturday morning. No parent in our communes wants a saturday morning (or a wednesday for that matter either but Saturday is worse). The mairie's are aware of this but say they do not have the budget for Wednesday. The Wednesday increases the costs and there is no money.
The afterschool club is costing 40€ a term per child and no activities are yet in place. Kapla building has been suggested.
It just looks like a total disaster to me and very expensive for working parents. The children spend the same amount out time out of the house and now have to get up Saturday morning too where DD1 at college has Wednesday morning.
The teachers don't want it either and 4 out of 6 teachers in my school have left and are moving to schools that do the Wednesday. So far only one of these teachers has been replaced and she is part time.
I know this system has been in place in Paris for 2013/2014. What have your experiences been? I am feeling powerless and fed up. By my calculations I will be spending just over 53€ a week for garderie, periscolaire and cantine per child and I see no benefits for anybody. For separated families like mine there is chaos with 1 weekend in 2 contact time. My DD's like most children are going to be shattered.
So what are the benefits of this new reform?
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FarFarAway · 10/07/2014 19:49
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