Preschool Parent Drama!

Jenna starts preschool this coming Wednesday (Sept.5th) for the first time. She's going to Milpitas Christian School, Monday/Wednesday/Friday in the afternoons. I am thoroughy excited for her--first because she will just love learning new things and meeting new friends. Second because it gives me individual time with Abby and time during her nap to get some work done around here!

This past Friday, was "Meet the Teacher" day. All the kids and their families piled into the classroom to play with toys, meet each other and the teachers. Jenna has two wonderful teachers--Mrs. Dennis, who is an experienced, wonderful lady (from what I can tell) and Miss Fought, an education student who will serve as her aide. I left on Friday feeling really good about Jenna's teachers and feeling confident that they are experienced, quality, I know what I'm doing and how to handle all you crazy parents type of a teacher.

One of the parents in the class somehow got the email addresses of all the parents. I'm not sure how it happened, but the only thing I can think of is that she copied the email addresses from the sign-in sheet. She must be a sneaky mommy.

So, I get this invitation to join a Yahoo Group for our preschool class. I use Yahoo groups a lot and actually really love them. For those of you who don't know what a Yahoo Group is--your group, for example all the parents in our preschool class, has their own webpage, a database, a calendar, and most importantly a forum to discuss issues. If i type in the email address for our group, it will go to all the parents who have signed up. It's pretty cool.

One of the mothers sent out an email today asking to revise the snacks for the preschool class. On Friday, we received a calendar with specific snacks to bring and the child assigned for that day. They are healthy snacks, and to be honest, I am excited for Jenna to eat some things that I don't normally offer--like guava juice! (It'll be interesting to see how that one goes over!) This particular mother wanted to scrap all the snacks and only offer fruit, water, and Cheerios every day for the whole year.

NO WAY! Is this lady crazy? I am not going to ask my child to eat the same thing every day of prechool for a whole year, but most importantly, I am not going to interfere with what the teacher has already set up. I am sure that she has experience in this area of snack planning, and I, as a parent, am not going to question her judgment or try to change things that Mrs. Dennis is doing. The last thing she wants is for parents to try to interfere with what she has put time and effort into.

So, I wrote a message to the group, explaining that interfering with Mrs. Dennis's snack schedule isn't a good idea in my eyes and that I am excited for some food variety for Jenna. Also know, that I took great care in being nice, positive, and non-judgmental. I am always the pastor's wife, and I don't need to go ticking off all the parents in the preschool class. (Good thing some other mothers agreed with me.)

Any thoughts on this craziness?

And preschool hasn't even started yet. It might be a long year being a parent in this classroom:)