Anyone else have Active Play at their school?

[Anonymous]

Holy sh#t, why is this so expensive? $210 to play with Hot Wheels for six one-hour sessions on top of aftercare tuition?

They came to our school this year and the whole thing feels like a scam.

[Anonymous]

Yes and I agree!

[Anonymous]

We have it. It’s expensive, but the teachers tend to be really good. I wouldn’t do hot wheels. Instead we sign up for classes that my kid might take on the weekends that would be equally or around the same price, and now I don’t have to drive

[Anonymous]

We have them. I also have sticker shock and a couple classes have been disappointing but several have been excellent and given my kid a chance to try sports or activities they wouldn’t otherwise. We just do 1 per session.

[Anonymous]

It is crazy expensive. And yes, a few of the classes have been good, but there have also been a few duds--and I mean, sitting the kids in front of a screen instead of doing the paid activity because it "was the last session of the term" bad. No advice, just solidarity. We are definitely being overcharged for on-site "enrichment."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is crazy expensive. And yes, a few of the classes have been good, but there have also been a few duds--and I mean, sitting the kids in front of a screen instead of doing the paid activity because it "was the last session of the term" bad. No advice, just solidarity. We are definitely being overcharged for on-site "enrichment."

OP here:
There's a number of kids we know who do Active Play 3-4 days per week on top of the aftercare tuition. With four Active Play sessions during the school year, those kids are doing 12-16 classes at an average of $225 each, or $3000-3600 for one kid for the entire school year.

Active Play is easily clearing $300,000 in revenue at our school alone this year. It's crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is crazy expensive. And yes, a few of the classes have been good, but there have also been a few duds--and I mean, sitting the kids in front of a screen instead of doing the paid activity because it "was the last session of the term" bad. No advice, just solidarity. We are definitely being overcharged for on-site "enrichment."

OP here: we signed up for session 1 in the fall. Active Play canceled two of the three classes my kid really wanted to try; the class he did was just OK. We did one class in session 2 and it was a total dud. Skipped session 3 completely only to find that many of our kid's friends in regular after care are doing Active Play for 3-4 days per week.

We can easily afford Active Play, but it really feels like it segregates the kids during aftercare.

[Anonymous]

Our school pto funds scholarships for kids who want to do active play. If segregation is your concern you might want to raise this as an idea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is crazy expensive. And yes, a few of the classes have been good, but there have also been a few duds--and I mean, sitting the kids in front of a screen instead of doing the paid activity because it "was the last session of the term" bad. No advice, just solidarity. We are definitely being overcharged for on-site "enrichment."

OP here: we signed up for session 1 in the fall. Active Play canceled two of the three classes my kid really wanted to try; the class he did was just OK. We did one class in session 2 and it was a total dud. Skipped session 3 completely only to find that many of our kid's friends in regular after care are doing Active Play for 3-4 days per week.

We can easily afford Active Play, but it really feels like it segregates the kids during aftercare.

Yep, same here. Been sticking to one class per session because the cost (for what you get, plus aftercare) is exorbitant, but I'm also dealing with my kid feeling a bit left out since some of their friends are taking multiple classes.