We are never late! Often we are outside the kindy 10 minutes early even though we only live a 5 minute drive away. I make lunch the day before and I have the bag packed ready to go. It also helps that I don't need to shower as I go to the gym after kindy drop off.

Our kindy doesn't like people coming onto the grounds early, so you have to wait until the start time to go in. Is that a common rule? Working parents normally push it to going in 5 minutes early so that they can dash out the gate as soon as it officially "starts".