Need some help here, is it not a good idea to go into the director of early education at "Little Bits" preschool and punch her in the face? Alright, wait a minute before you say "no". Why don't you just listen to what happened and then.... ok, okay, you might be thinking clearly that no matter what happened there is no justification for punching her.

I took my daughter to the doctor today. Frankly since she has started preschool she has been sick. No, I am being serious; her school has to be the WORST out there with hygiene matters.I ALWAYS would keep her home from school when she is under the weather and for one more days after she is better. Looking back I see I would send her back to school, and she would catch something else within a week.

What I found out today was the icing on the cake.This is not a small cake either; I am talking about a big wedding cake.

The doctor I take "Little Bits" to also has her son in the same class. She informed me when her son was out last time, (because she is a mom who, too, keeps her child home when sick; didn't think for a second that this would have been an issue at the money flushed down the toilet of a preschool I was sending her to. He had the rotavirus and was in the hospital for two days. She kept him out for a full week, sent him back for one day and he ended up sick again resulting in another stay in the hospital. Can I at least slap the preschool director silly? Okay! I hear what you are saying to yourself, and I know it is not the way to handle this situation.

Rotavirus infection is highly contagious. The primary mode of transmission of rotavirus is the passage of the virus in stool to the mouth of another child. This is known as a fecal-oral route of transmission. Children can transmit the virus when they forget to wash their hands before eating or after using the toilet. Touching a surface that has been contaminated with rotavirus and then touching the mouth area can result in infection.

Hmmm, let me think...here a room of 3 year olds in which some were recently potty trained in a school that does not have bathrooms in the class (that would be too much to ask, right?) So the teachers take the children to the bathroom. One teacher out of four for a class of twelve takes both the boys and girls who have to go at a certain time, they do not help them wipe (which I am not thrilled at all about someone else touching my child but if she has to go in school and needs help, what is she or a parent to do?) The children are three: it is hard for them to wipe back there. Instead, because they are the anti-wipe school thinking they are being politically correct, they are spreading a yucky virus around. One teacher can not be in both the boys and the girls bathroom at the same time, not to mention help all of them (which I would say at most was eight children) wash their hands. It is completely unrealistic, and the school should know this as they have been in existence for over twenty years and my daughter's teachers have been there for fifteen years.

I guess being a first time mom I did not have the knowledge and experience to ask about the bathroom situation. Well, I will never make this mistake again. Can I say something to the director that would not be very nice at all? Ok, I won't. thought it might be worth a try. I hear you. There is something else I found out about, though, so maybe you will consider letting me say something to the director?

Don't you think that is pretty serious, and the school had a responsibility to notify the parents of his class immediately if not the whole school? I can not wrap my mind around why the director of the preschool (who knew he was hospitalized) felt no regard for the other children and failed to disclose. Does she not have a responsibility to the kids? What kind of caring, nurturing environment is this place that I sent her to?

I am furious over this; you have no idea. The school was a private fairly expensive (what I really mean is it is "private and very over priced especially for what it is" school) The parent population holds "high" standards for the children. They are a mix of doctors, lawyers, dentists, business owners and other professionals with advanced higher education degrees. About 1/4 of them are not, they have a degree in dumb, dumber and selfish parenting. There was one mom in particular who had a PH.D in, "I just don't give a shit about your kid or mine for that matter."

The "just take my kid to school" parents make it a bad experience for others. They are bad apples who are too busy with the gym schedule to keep their child home when they should be. Great job, moms; you and the school made this year a very memorable one for me.

I was also told by the pediatrician today that, "even daycares teach the children this age their numbers and alphabet" So, in other words, I spent a decent amount of money for what was supposed to be the best school in the area, and she learned very little, while children who are in daycare, some having it paid for by the state, are learning much more than my daughter. It is very good that school is over and tomorrow is just a big party because I really want to go into the director's office and have a "mommy goes ballistic" conference with her for her hiding the fact about one of the students being so sick and lying to me when I took a tour of the school last year telling me they do much more in the curriculum than they really do.

I am certainly pleased that before I heard any of this I decided to send her to another school next year. At least I won't make the same mistake twice, but boy oh boy am I burning over this.