As 4-year-old children wrestle with online learning, parents are asking, "Why should I be spending this money?" said one education consultant.When Meesha Chang and her husband set out to get their oldest child into their first-choice New York City preschool in 2018, it was no easy task.
As more families come to terms with safety worries about their children and frustration with remote learning sessions — and as a growing number of young families leave Manhattan and Brooklyn — the face of once highly competitive private preschools in New York City is changing, with a growing number of schools suspending classes or closing altogether.
And many of the families currently enrolled are taking part in what Winick called a"bridge" program, meaning they are paying full tuition to hold their children's spots but are opting to keep their children out of school until later. In New York City, private preschool tuition rates typically start at $10,000, and they can climb to two and three times that rate, depending upon the program.
Chang said her preschool tried some video calls in the spring, when the pandemic hit, but the sessions failed to hold her daughter's attention.It's the fear that her preschool could have to rely on video learning this fall that, in part, prompted Jackie Brown to pull her daughter out of the Manhattan preschool she'd been signed up for.
Rediculous! Superstition lead hysteria! We'll soon be seeing woke leftists wearing plague masks. These kids will grow up hypochondriacs and narcissists. DemsAreDestroyingAmerica
We had white flight during attempts to integrate. Now we have rich flight in the face of a pandemic that disproportionately affects the economically challenged. The motto that should replace the one currently on our money is: If we can afford to help, we run instead.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN LIVES IN NO ONES ELSE'S HANDS !!! THEY DEPEND ON YOU TO SAVE THEIR LIVES AND TAKE CARE OF THEM !!! GOD HAS GIVEN ALL OF US 5 SENSES,COMMON SENSE TO THINK FOR OUR SELVES, YOU KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG ! GOD GAVE YOU EYES TO SEE & EARS TO HEAR, NOT TRUMP!!!!