Our extended school program is Monday through Thursday from 9am to
1pm. No school on any Fridays.

Also, these kids will be out for about 10 to 15 total days during
the summer before school starts back in late August.

Bethany has never had to qualify for ESY. The dog gone program
goes all summer, regardless of how many kids attend. Heck her
entire school attends, unless the parents just don't want them too!

This kid is a pain when she is home on any kind of extended vacation.
Her routine gets totally off and she gets BORED! Her sleep also
gets screwed up, as if it's not bad enough already.

Besides that, why don't our kids go to school all year long? We do
so awful compared to some other parts of the world. Let's face it,
there aren't that many farmers where the kids gotta stay home and
work the fields. The original idea behind the summer vacation. But
wait, it is probably the "teachers" who really want summer vacation.
Gosh, I think my husband would like to be home for 3 months, to say
nothing about all the downtime during the year for holidays. I
think school for 9 months a year is an archaic idea. We do have
some communities who "school" all year, but actually have little
minnie vacations throughout the year, a couple weeks here and there.

Sorry, I guess I went off on a tangent. What the heck, my asthma was
so bad this past weekend I ended up in the hospital and now I am on
prednisone and I am awake all night since Saturday. This stuff has
really hyped me up. Yuck! But I am cranking out some emails this AM!
Sorry if I sound like a lame brain!!

Penny & Bethany Exner 22 del+ (in respite and I'm up!)
Allen Park, MI
KAYLEYWD@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 06/12/2000 11:53:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ronylu@... writes:
>
> << we also have automatic ESY here. they send a form that you fill out if you
> want it. there's been a lot of talk about the 4 weeks we get not being
> enough. that it's a violation of the IDEA. >>
>
> I agree that four weeks isn't enough. That's all we get here in Maryland
> too. Kayla still has 6 weeks of summer where she's getting nothing.
>
> Beth
> Kayla 4.10
> Maryland