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03.30.08, 16:21 PM New York City
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Someone at the park today said Village Preschool Center and Barrow Street were "fancy daycares." Im sending my DD to VPC (and thought it looked like a great place on the tour). She was so vehement about it. Any VPC or Barrow parents on? Or people wh could speak to her comment? Her kids went to West Village Nursery School fwiw. TIA (Also, we just moved here so im not that familiar w/ the n-hood reps of the schools .....) [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 03.30.08, 04:21 PM Flag
 

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soooo not fancy. barrow street is kind of crappy, imo. people love it, though, so what do i know? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:25 PM Flag
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Fancy? LOL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:26 PM Flag
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seriously! i'm poster below. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:27 PM Flag
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is this person sending her dc to a preschool in a cardboard box on the curb? because that's just weird. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:26 PM Flag
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actually, to call them "fancy daycares" is a nasty and snotty thing to say. They are perfectly fine preschools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:27 PM Flag
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In Manhattan, calling a school "daycare" is supposed to be an insult so ITA with you [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:27 PM Flag
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np. That was my take on it, too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:35 PM Flag
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The West Village Nursery school is a coop school, so may be considerably less $$$ than the others 2, which is why she may have said they are "fancy". however I agree that calling a school in nyc "daycare" is considered a slam. Neither of those schoo would be considered "fancy" by most of the people I know, but both very good schools. Sounds like you met a real nut in the playground. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:32 PM Flag
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VPC parent here and it is so not just a daycare. Lots of academics, when appropriate. Its lovely. You'll be very happy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:38 PM Flag
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Ditto this -- DD loves VPC and will be crushed to leave. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 08:19 PM Flag
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WTF is wrong with daycares? Daycare for 4 yods actually does same things as prek's. They just have a longer day. That's all. They nap for 2 hours, eat lunch and snacks and have unstructured time, go out to the park. They still do same stuff preks do. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:47 PM Flag
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Nothing wrong w/ daycare or public pre-K. The parents who spent $$$ to send dc to "preschool" for 8 hours per week need to find some way to make themselves feel better about it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:16 PM Flag
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no, we just don't feel like parking our dcs in a kennel all day. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:17 PM Flag
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So they are bored to tears at home. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:17 PM Flag
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>and neglected by nannies. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:19 PM Flag
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Exactly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:29 PM Flag
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do you have to turn this into a daycare vs. preschool fight? daycare is fine, preschool is fine. stfu. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:29 PM Flag
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STFU yourself, or collapse if you don't like what you read. It was a relevant response to the OP and OR's follow-up. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:38 PM Flag
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^ The point being: Parents who send their dc to preschool and then turn around and denigrate other parents who send dc to daycare, like OP's acquaintance, are jerks trying to make themselves feel better about their own choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:53 PM Flag
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but you are tarring all preschool parents with the same brush. you are as bad as the woman op met at the playground. again, stfu. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:58 PM Flag
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And again, no, I won't STFU. If you don't like it, tough luck. Also, please read more carefully. I'm not tarring all preschool parents with the same brush, just the judgmental hypocrites like OP's acquaintance. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:05 PM Flag
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"the parents who spend $$$ to send dc to 'preschool' for 8 hours per week need to find some way to make themselves feel better about it." sorry, but where did you say parents who slag on daycare parents? am i missing that part? because i only see pare who send dc to preschool. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:11 PM Flag
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There's a reason these conversations are called "threads." Follow the thread. Read OP's post, then the OR's, then mine. THAT'S the context. Parents whose dc are in preschool and who feel the need to bash daycare. Get it? And there are a lot of them, Check out the "kennel" response. It's a classic. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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you're trying to make excuses for your sloppy attack by lecturing me on how on-line bbs work? that's rich. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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Your reading skills continue to suck, if you think that was "a lecture". You seem determined to take offense, so be my guest. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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no, actually your writing skills suck. you meant to crap on a certain snotty brand of preschool parent, but instead you crapped on all of them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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More likely you're an argumentative ass who knew perfectly well what I meant and decided to misconstrue what I wrote for the sake of having an argument. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:43 PM Flag
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nah. i think you're a just a moron who can't admit she made a mistake by shooting her mouth off. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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Think what you like, and I'll continue to believe you just want to argue. Even when I clarified my original point in my first response to you, you accused me of tarring all preschool parents with the same brush. At that point any misunderstanding on your part was willful. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:56 PM Flag
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sounds like this woman's kids got rj from the "fancy daycares." fwiw, both my kids went to daycare here in nyc and got into several tt schools when they went through ongoing process (one was a summer bday too and got in young). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 04:50 PM Flag
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Above OR. Ditto. Dc goes to daycare and got into Hunter and TTs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:03 PM Flag
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op -- I stepped away for a minute -- thx for all the feedback, that was quick! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:21 PM Flag
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All NYC preschools are fancy daycares, including her dc's school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 05:45 PM Flag
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This is true. All NYC preschools must have a daycare license, so by definition they're all daycares. There's no license or certificate to officially mark a daycare as a preschool. And if you look at what goes on at preschool it's just a condensed versi of what happens at any quality full-day daycare program. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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Fancy enough for Kate Winslet... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.30.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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who seems pretty unfancy [ Reply | More
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General Topics 03.31.08, 08:43 AM Flag
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my son went there. i hate to say this, but exmission is not their strongest suit. Good program, but ONLY if you dont want private school [ Reply | More
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