Why does FCPS SACC have such a long waiting list?

[Anonymous]

here's the link for Merritt:
http://www.merrittacademy.org/programs/maap.html

(i have no connection to the school, but my coworker's kids went there and she speaks highly of it.)

[Anonymous]

I paid about the same for a before and after school care provider who picked my kids up from the bus, as I do for SACC. Full fee family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't they open up more centers and charge more?

It would be very profitable for the county and parents would definitely pay for it.

The list is so long right now that no kindergartners are even in SACC.

No more classroom space.

Sacc mom PP here, this is what I've been told. In schools where kids are in trailers, it's a fight to get classroom space.

[Anonymous]

A major issue with after school services is that many don't pick up from school. I did notice a lot of McLean after school programs pick up directly but not Vienna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There may be demand at your school, but at ours there isn't. The wait lists are strictly an issue for AAP center schools and very large schools.

Not necessarily. Back 5 years ago when there was half day kinder, I was 10th in line to sign up at 7AM, was #3 for after K SACC and 138 for afterschool SACC at my non center school.

This was at Navy Elem, which since has started a center and now will be even more crowded.