Give Parents the Choice! Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/give-parents-the-choice.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:25 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #345] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12085837?utm_medium=rss Please listen to what the experts have to say. Half Day Kindergarten needs to remain a choice. Please protect the children and preserve the rights of parents!
- HalfDayKindergarten.Org

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:28:42 UTC 12085837 Farzana Rhajiak [Signature #344] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12066615?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:16:15 UTC 12066615 LONI AMOS [Signature #343] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8682281?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:10:31 UTC 8682281 Shelly Kalin [Signature #342] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7936551?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:04:27 UTC 7936551 Ms Nicole Kjellbotn [Signature #341] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7801853?utm_medium=rss Parents should have a choice. I support full day kindergarten as an option/choice but believe that I should have th choice to have my child home with me 1/2 time instead of at school for a full day.

]]> Sun, 30 May 2010 11:35:11 UTC 7801853 Mrs Darla alkema [Signature #340] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7793801?utm_medium=rss It breaks my heart that our government believes that it is okay to make this decision for all without first petitioning all.

]]> Sun, 30 May 2010 01:40:27 UTC 7793801 Heather Solomonson [Signature #339] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7767042?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 May 2010 12:53:49 UTC 7767042 Ms Arlene Day [Signature #338] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7389541?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:25:17 UTC 7389541 Patricia Cook [Signature #337] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7380128?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:07:07 UTC 7380128 Tammy McKay [Signature #336] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7325648?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:59:15 UTC 7325648 Stephen Schutt [Signature #335] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7257719?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:13:58 UTC 7257719 Rhea Schutt [Signature #334] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7257715?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:11:50 UTC 7257715 Mrs Lois Townsend [Signature #333] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7219302?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:32:00 UTC 7219302 Ms. Lisa Thompson [Signature #332] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7193301?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:31:43 UTC 7193301 courtney house [Signature #331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7192750?utm_medium=rss i live in alberta and may have full day kindergarden taken away as well:(

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:54:53 UTC 7192750 carla bressan [Signature #330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7192654?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:27:20 UTC 7192654 Mrs Natalie Pearce [Signature #329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7192233?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:42:04 UTC 7192233 Mrs. Annette Trent [Signature #328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7188371?utm_medium=rss My husband and I have made many sacrifices so I can be a stay-at-home mom (I am a primary teacher) when our kids are small. Please don't take away the joy and effectiveness of training/teaching our own children during their kindergarten year by forcing them to attend school full time. Please give each family a choice of full or 1/2 time kindergarten. Each family knows what is best for their own children. One program does not suit everybody!

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:26:06 UTC 7188371 Mrs. Carla Kierstead [Signature #327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7184509?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:42:25 UTC 7184509 Mr. Dominik Dlouhy [Signature #326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7175210?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:17:10 UTC 7175210 Mrs Jennifer St James [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7172805?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:49:34 UTC 7172805 Mr. Jesse VanderSchaaf [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7171964?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:19:01 UTC 7171964 Kelly Townsedn [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7171867?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:47:59 UTC 7171867 mr dave andersen [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7171835?utm_medium=rss Too tiring for little children.

]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:41:57 UTC 7171835 ms miranda-jo andersen [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7171824?utm_medium=rss My boys would have suffered big time if this happened to them! They all came home from half day kindergarden to eat and a good two hour nap. Please don't do this to the children, they are too little.

]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:39:51 UTC 7171824 Ms Susanne Schonthaler [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7160436?utm_medium=rss As a longstanding Early Childhood Educator I have experienced that many children benefit from a half day program and can be overwhelmed, especially if they are in a large group setting for the whole day. Please reconsider the importance of half day Kindergarten programs for the health of our children.
Sincerely
Susanne Schonthaler

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:44:36 UTC 7160436 Dermond Murray [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7160260?utm_medium=rss I believe that kindergarten children and below should not be in large social school groupings for more than half a day and should be funded also, even though some parents may wish to send them all day. There should be a choice with the funding continued for both options.

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:05:15 UTC 7160260 Nicole Pattison [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7159385?utm_medium=rss I think parents should have the choice of whether or not to send their children to full day kindergarten. For some children this would be an extreme and unpleasant adjustment.

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:53:00 UTC 7159385 Janice Madill [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7159072?utm_medium=rss I strongly believe that parents should have the right to choose between full-day and half-day kindergarten options for their children, based on what works for each individual family.

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:51:58 UTC 7159072 Mrs. Tina Petursson [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7151677?utm_medium=rss Is Kindergarten not meant for gradual introduction to Grade 1 and full time school? I do not see how forcing my child to go from five hours a week of preschool to over 25 hours a week of Kindergarten is "gradual". I know my child and I know that my child will not cope physically or mentally with being away from home, engaged with her peers all day every day, not to mention that I would like to actually see her and be involved in her development while she is young and in her "formative" years.

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:11:59 UTC 7151677 Ms Nadine McLellan [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7137702?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:27:26 UTC 7137702 Mrs Susan Penner [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7136116?utm_medium=rss I'm not sure why the government is wasting valuable resources on making Kindergarten full time. The money is desperately needed in other areas. At least give parents an option!

]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:44:41 UTC 7136116 Mrs Julia Mellish [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7115410?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:23 UTC 7115410 Maeve Maguire [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7111056?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:09:51 UTC 7111056 Evelyn Sparks [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7105763?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:55:32 UTC 7105763 Chelsey Kasper [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7103452?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher-turned-stay at home mom. In 2011 I want my son to attend Kindergarten half time. Half time Kindergarten is a reasonable transition between being at home full time and beginning grade one. I want my son to be able to spend that half day of quality time with me because I believe a mother is a child's first and most important teacher.

]]> Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:59:31 UTC 7103452 MRS CORLISS PIGGOTT [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7092445?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:44:35 UTC 7092445 Ms June Wilson [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7092043?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:17:48 UTC 7092043 Mrs. Shirley Rempel [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7091244?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 03:59:58 UTC 7091244 Mrs Melissa Seymour [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7087746?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:21:39 UTC 7087746 Mrs Simone Whyte [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7087687?utm_medium=rss Having a choice is a good thing! I have heard that full day Kindergarten is first coming in to schools where the children are at a higher risk. My child is not at risk so I feel that she not need such an intervention.

]]> Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:03:16 UTC 7087687 Ms Taisa Jenne [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7087641?utm_medium=rss Please leave funding in place for half day kindergarten. Parents should have a choice. Independent schools should be able to offer half day programs if they desire. Please change this policy to give parents and independent schools the education choices they deserve for the young children in their care.

]]> Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:44:29 UTC 7087641 Michelle Martin [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7087490?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:48:18 UTC 7087490 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7086898?utm_medium=rss Our kindergarted is already over-full. There are 88 1/2 day spots for 2010 and more than that in the catchment that tried to get a space, we had to go at 9:45 the night before to make sure we got in. Am very concerned about when it is full time there will only be 44 spaces.

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:52:54 UTC 7086898 Ms. Jacqui Gilbert [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7086525?utm_medium=rss Our ability to choose is becoming harder by the year due to funding cuts and arbitrary legislation. Allow parents the right to choose to ease their children into this new phase of life. We're part of a democracy, right?

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:19:18 UTC 7086525 Mr. Gary Krogel [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7086150?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 05:58:58 UTC 7086150 Autumn Burton [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7085831?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:47:36 UTC 7085831 Petra Young [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7085239?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 03:20:11 UTC 7085239 Erin Taylor [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7085022?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:47:33 UTC 7085022 Mrs Carmen vanDyck [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084818?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:14:18 UTC 7084818 Mrs. Tina Mutscheller [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084800?utm_medium=rss I fully believe that some children are not yet ready for a Full day of school at 5 years old. I think the ideal transition is for 5 half days before extending it to full days. My daughter misses me while away in half day kindergarden I can not imagine being away from her for that length of time while she is still so young. I have a 4 year That will start Kindergarden in 2011. I certainly hope that half day kindergarden is still an option or she will be home schooled.

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:10:15 UTC 7084800 mrs Erin McDonald [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084698?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 01:53:13 UTC 7084698 Mrs. Melanie Ross [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084652?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 01:45:29 UTC 7084652 Ms Kazia Mullin [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084556?utm_medium=rss Full day kindergarten does not work for every family, and it doen't work for mine. That is why I choose to send my son to half day kindergarten. Every parent should have that choice.

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 01:27:28 UTC 7084556 Mr. Stefan Quaglia [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7084025?utm_medium=rss Please allow us parents the choice for half or full day kindergarten. Thank you.

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:20:57 UTC 7084025 Alicia Dewilde [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7080199?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:40:23 UTC 7080199 Ruth Waugh [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7078438?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:52:24 UTC 7078438 Marilyn Courtenay [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7076636?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:51:02 UTC 7076636 Anonymous [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7075172?utm_medium=rss It should be optional - the parents' choice.

]]> Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:06:40 UTC 7075172 Mr. Devon D'Aoust [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7073612?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:54:33 UTC 7073612 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7073245?utm_medium=rss Kindergarten needs to remain what it was originally intended for an intorduction to formal education. By making it full day, takes away the introduction part. At least allow parents the choice to enroll their children in full time or part time kindergarten.

]]> Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:23:33 UTC 7073245 Naomi Melnyk [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7072530?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:23:54 UTC 7072530 Anonymous [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7072255?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:00:11 UTC 7072255 Gabriella Hobbis [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7072083?utm_medium=rss Give parents a choice. Some children are not mature enough or ready for all day in school at five years of age!

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:17:59 UTC 7072083 Anonymous [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7071505?utm_medium=rss This policy will hurt my grandkids.

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:17:18 UTC 7071505 Anonymous [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7071486?utm_medium=rss I feel very strongly that we should not put kids' interests second to parents' need for free daycare. This is not truly voluntary, because my kids will be at a disadvantage if I pull them out of kindergarten when all the other kids attend it. I will have no choice but to send them to full-time daycare if this goes through.

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:14:11 UTC 7071486 Mrs Pam Kemps [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7070535?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:06:17 UTC 7070535 Fred de Jong [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7070356?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:26:20 UTC 7070356 Jason Shak [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7069829?utm_medium=rss Although full time kindergarten great for those families where both parents work and it is a logical progression from full time daycare, it is not in the best interest of the young child that stands to benefit from a phased in approach. Those families that have made the necessary sacrifices to have a parent raise their children should not be forced to send their 4 or 5 year old for full time school.

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:25:16 UTC 7069829 Mrs. Barbra Pierce [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067999?utm_medium=rss Having been a preschool teacher for many years, I fail to see the value in full-day kindergarten. These children are too young to have so many expectations put upon them. Let children have time to be children. They (and their parents) will be stressed about school soon enough!

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:41:50 UTC 7067999 Ms Brandi Petursson [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067940?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:08:14 UTC 7067940 Mr. Eric Stiwich [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067855?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:17:36 UTC 7067855 Anonymous [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067798?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:42:01 UTC 7067798 Julie Wyse [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067630?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:13:47 UTC 7067630 Mrs Sherry Demetrick [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067293?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:57:38 UTC 7067293 Ms Andrea Clarke [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067285?utm_medium=rss Education ought to be about choices and options so that families can find a fit that works for them. Please continue to fund 1/2 day kindergarten as well!

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:51:54 UTC 7067285 Ms. Karen Thoresen [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067225?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:29:04 UTC 7067225 Miss Doreen Walde [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067187?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:13:59 UTC 7067187 mrs Tricia Poole [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067120?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:50:38 UTC 7067120 Mrs Karen Meyer [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7067096?utm_medium=rss As a mother of four, I feel that at age five children are simply not ready to be at school full-time five days a week. I have chosen to stay home to raise my children and will send them to kindergarten only part-time. Please make this an option since all of us are not looking for government funded childcare in a school setting.

Thanks very much,
Karen Meyer

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:42:57 UTC 7067096 Miss Naomi Thomas [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066532?utm_medium=rss I think that a full day of kindergarten will be too much for some children to handle. This will be there first year of school, and for 5 year olds to be there 5 days a week, 6 hours a day is ridiculous. Let's keep the option of half day availble. It will make the transition into school much easier for the little ones.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:37:46 UTC 7066532 ms Wendy Sullivan [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066364?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:03:36 UTC 7066364 Ms Jane Biccum [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066324?utm_medium=rss Previously a part-time working mom, I decided to forego income to have my child at home more. Now this choice has been taken away for a year of my son's life.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 03:55:22 UTC 7066324 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066314?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 03:51:49 UTC 7066314 mrs Anonymous [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066312?utm_medium=rss children do not need to be in school 6 hours at 5 years old!! Parents deserve to have a choice. I think it's a great option for parents who need/want it, but for those for whom it is an option to have more time with their kids, it should be an OPTION!!!!

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 03:51:24 UTC 7066312 Mrs. Erin McEwan [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7066018?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:50:10 UTC 7066018 Mr. Gary Shak [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065960?utm_medium=rss I have 3 Grandaughters & the half day kindergarten is more appropriate for them & their Mothers.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:40:01 UTC 7065960 Mrs. Rory Shak [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065868?utm_medium=rss I attended Ready, Set, Learn which is a program funded by the provincial government. Everything stressed in that program for success by six such as play time with parents and physical activity contradicts FTK. FTK is not in the best interest of the children. If this is an appeasment because Gordon Campbell said NO to daycare subsidy I would like to remind you that school is NOT daycare. I am in a choice school and if I opt not to enroll in FTK I will lose my spot for Gr 1.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:22:02 UTC 7065868 MS Carolyn Reimer [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065794?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:07:10 UTC 7065794 Ms Leigh Nelsen [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065787?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:05:55 UTC 7065787 Mrs Arlene Witzke [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065566?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 01:15:32 UTC 7065566 Ms Karen McGlynn [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065529?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 01:06:17 UTC 7065529 Anonymous [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065494?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:57:10 UTC 7065494 Ms Sharlene Patterson [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065276?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:12:28 UTC 7065276 Mrs Emily Hladych [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7062676?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:35:06 UTC 7062676 Ms Katia Rheault [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7061803?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:16:53 UTC 7061803 CliveMichael Justice [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7061567?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:07:59 UTC 7061567 Ms katherine koyote [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7061379?utm_medium=rss No flippin way am I sending my child to full day kindergarten!!!

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:14:54 UTC 7061379 Braea Coertze de Rose [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7061272?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:53:00 UTC 7061272 Ms louise leblanc [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058124?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:52:35 UTC 7058124