Guiness Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Does anyone know what the cost is here in Chapala for a little boy 6 yrs to attend school. Including uniform and all related costs? Thanks in advance. Our maid is a single Mom struggling....we want to help.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunFan Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Guiness. A great gesture. SunFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Primary school is free. There normally will be a fee paid to Padres de la Familia (think PTA) of a few hundred pesos depending on the school. The uniform will depend on the school. It should not exceed a total of $1000 for everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiness Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mostlylost said: Primary school is free. There normally will be a fee paid to Padres de la Familia (think PTA) of a few hundred pesos depending on the school. The uniform will depend on the school. It should not exceed a total of $1000 for everything. Great, so if I gave her 1000 pesos it should cover all her expenses. Thanks, our kids and grandkids in Canada don't know how lucky they are!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Don't worry they still pay for it there but through their high taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Don't forget the list of materials needed for the year that the teachers hand out before summer vacation. In my experience buying supplies for our help, you can spend 1500 pesos upwards on those lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Jalisco and the federal governments have been furnishing those for a few years.. Has that changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Guiness said: Does anyone know what the cost is here in Chapala for a little boy 6 yrs to attend school. Including uniform and all related costs? Thanks in advance. Our maid is a single Mom struggling....we want to help.... There can be considerable difference in cost between a private and public school. You can easy find out by discussing the issue with your maid. If you could see your way to supporting him at a private school it would be a great start In his life. Maybe he is a gifted child who will acquire good grades and free scholarship . Private schools have "specials " for income limited families. There could be issues for providing transportation etc, but a commitment on you part now could mean a successful career for this child. But your generosity should be dependant on the boy maintaining his grades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kia Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 You could help by buying clothes and shoes, it is really expensive in México. School is free and government provides scholar material and uniforms. In some schools the food is free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/22/2021 at 7:11 PM, lakeside7 said: There can be considerable difference in cost between a private and public school. You can easy find out by discussing the issue with your maid. If you could see your way to supporting him at a private school it would be a great start In his life. Maybe he is a gifted child who will acquire good grades and free scholarship . Private schools have "specials " for income limited families. There could be issues for providing transportation etc, but a commitment on you part now could mean a successful career for this child. But your generosity should be dependant on the boy maintaining his grades I disagree. Depending on where the child lives and their circumstances in life, please be aware that economic differences are singled out for ridicule. They are always assumed to be the culprit in a dispute because they are "different". If you don't think that children learn their discriminations from their parents, you'd be wrong. The flip side was that he didn't fit in within his own neighbourhood either. "High Falutin'" because he went to a private school. We went down this path in San Miguel de Allende with our housekeeper's youngest son. It was heartbreaking although our intentions were good for the reasons Lakeside7 stated. Be care what you choose and why. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiness Posted April 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Ok thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Ferret said: I disagree. Depending on where the child lives and their circumstances in life, please be aware that economic differences are singled out for ridicule. They are always assumed to be the culprit in a dispute because they are "different". If you don't think that children learn their discriminations from their parents, you'd be wrong. The flip side was that he didn't fit in within his own neighbourhood either. "High Falutin'" because he went to a private school. We went down this path in San Miguel de Allende with our housekeeper's youngest son. It was heartbreaking although our intentions were good for the reasons Lakeside7 stated. Be care what you choose and why. I do not understand your rebuttal except it seems to suggest that because you are born into a certain eccomic box , that's were your destiny stays OMG. If you are born in a Ghetto you have to stay there! I am glad not to be one of your camp followers. Your observation gives me a flash back to when living in the US, the locals did not ask what did you do, BUT who were your family! Sure there are going to some "issues" but I would suggest your child will go "further " from a private school than attending "most" of the public schools in this area Why are there so many private schools, not only in this area but all over Mexico? There is a demand. Maybe the question is best addressed to Mexican parents who like other parents in the rest of the world make a "sacrifice " perceive or otherwise to obtain a better education for their children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 I know 2 doctors, an engineer, and an architect who came from a poor family whose divorced mother was a maid and all went public school through high school. You do not need to go to a private school to move out of poverty. You need desire and hard work. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/22/2021 at 4:00 PM, Guiness said: Our maid is a single Mom struggling....we want to help.... Simple, just give her a raise in pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Mostlylost said: I know 2 doctors, an engineer, and an architect who came from a poor family whose divorced mother was a maid and all went public school through high school. You do not need to go to a private school to move out of poverty. You need desire and hard work. Wonderful story thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ednet94 Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Mostlylost said: I know 2 doctors, an engineer, and an architect who came from a poor family whose divorced mother was a maid and all went public school through high school. You do not need to go to a private school to move out of poverty. You need desire and hard work. True, but it also depends much of the school/city/time etc. The public schools in my neighborhood in gdl are really bad quality and to be honest, it will make your life much harder further on the road in the University. So my kids are going to a private school. Especially in the beginning it was economically hard for us but it is worth it. Especially now this past year with the pandemic they only missed about one week of school, the week of March 17th 2020 when they closed all the schools. It took our school about 3 days to start with the online classes while public schools in our area basically never got any lessons anymore for the rest of the schoolyear. Now, our kids are physically back to school since March while public schools are still with online classes. At the public schools they would be way behind compared to the private school and totally not prepared for the university even without the pandemic. My Mexican wife went to a private school for the same reason, only the university she went to a public one which was better, but she wouldn't be able to enter the public university if she went to a public school first because she would be way below the needed grades. While on the other hand family in Mazatlan went to public schools that were good quality there and they even got english classes which in that time was rare for public schools. So it totally depends on where and when you go to a public school. Is it possible with public schools to get a good life? Sure. But depending on the quality of the public school it will make your life so much harder or easier. And in many cases it makes your life harder. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpychimp Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 The government will be supplying the young students with uniforms and backpacks, etc. The parents of primary school students pay a very small inscription fee (no more than 300p) to register the child in the school. Here is a video of the Governor explaining it, in Spanish. https://fb.watch/5aKaIArEKd/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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