The Great Preschool Debate

So we decided to send Mia back to her old preschool for year #2. This was a very hard decision for me especially. She had won a spot in the UPK program here and we were all set to send her there, until I heard more about the program. When I went to the orientation meeting, the director told me the kids would be learning only 10 letters and would be able to recognize their own name by year end. 10 letters? What happened to the other 16? I realize that preschool is not supposed to be all academic, but please she has to learn something. I was really stressing out this entire week as I was frantically calling people and schools to see if there were any spots left somewhere closer to my house. Everything was either full or really pricey. So i weighed the pros and cons and decided that we would be heading back to the private school Bailey attended as well as the whole Lisnerski gang as children. (yes, this was bill's preschool alma mater) She starts the 2nd week of september. At least now I know she will learn all 26 letters and be comfortable in her surroundings.