So now this year the buzz about the budge has begun early. Teachers are constantly talking about the "what ifs". It's so scary as a teacher and also as a parent to think of how little control we actually have about what is going to be available to our children.
As a parent of a 5 year old going into kindergarten in September, I'm in a district talking about cutting music and art. My thoughts are: What is kindergarten without music and art? How do you take away all creative outlets for these young children?
I hope this is not the case, but I do find it unnerving that every year we have to go through this worrying for 3 months before we know how next year may or may not be affected. If I were in charge, taking money away from education should not be an option.
Isn't it amazing how eager children start out? This is a picture of my 4 year old daughter, she is in preschool. We bought her a new desk and she is pretending to do homework here. 
