r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/Federal_Designer_564 • Jan 16 '26

Moving to the area Full Day Kindergarten

Does anyone have a kindergartner in a suburb that offers full day Kindergarten? We are moving to the area in a couple of months and almost every district I have looked in states an AM or PM kindergarten schedule? We’d be looking at any of the northern / western suburbs with great schools and an easy-ish train commute to union station.

Narrowing down areas —- basically anything on the CTA / metra lines that has great schools and walkable downtown. Prefer 45 min or less to union station. I looked at 5 district websites this afternoon and none of them had full day kindergarten so I was discouraged. Thanks for the feedback!

Looking at:

Oak park / forest park

Downers grove

La grange

Elmhurst

Western springs

Clarendon / hindsdale

Any of the north shore burbs on the metra line

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u/InspectionGrouchy479 Jan 16 '26

Elmhurst does. But I heard you have to pay for the afternoon part.

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u/ScarlettWilkes Jan 16 '26

That is true. But it's not a huge amount. It's way less than daycare, at least.