We really need to pre-plan the next couple of years, my three-year-old will be at kinder next year, my two-year-old at playgroup at the same time, which allows my husband to work his shifts around my full-time job.

Then it’s school for my eldest, kinder for my youngest and... we will manage, but it will take planning.

When Horsham Rural City Council announced the closure of Roberts Avenue Kindergarten this week, after the building was declared unsafe, I have no doubt parents of the 90 children to attend the service next week were thrown into turmoil.

All that planning thrown out the window.

I am confident the council is doing all it can to find placement for the children involved, be it at other kindergartens or at a suitable, licensed alternative venue.

However, I sympathise greatly with the parents involved, because the restructure of your ‘family plan’ is not easy.

The best solution I can see is a complete pick-up of the current program at a different venue. It would be the least disruptive option to all involved, including the staff.

It is a difficult situation for council, and there are questions to be answered. Most of us adults are good at standing up for ourselves, but when it comes to our children, we are much more passionate and demanding.

I hope last night’s kindergarten parent information session was successful in resolving a few issues to allow the kinder kids a bright start to the next phase of their little lives.