Help, why do some after school programs sucks!

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OK, I'm jealous about the "travel" option for Janney! Would love for my DC to be brought to an activity after school.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm jealous about the "travel" option for Janney! Would love for my DC to be brought to an activity after school.

This works mainly because there are after school activities very close by.

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Get an after school babysitter. I don’t think you will ever be happy with aftercare

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that it is an independent entity doing it only at this school is probably why they don't want to do partial schedules -- this way they know the staffing schedule for everyone instead of trying to shuffle people around.

Why don't you call the school and ask to talk to the person who manages this contract and ask these questions? You can ask without complaining.

This. When a parent notices that another school has a program that works well, it is totally reasonable to suggest to your school management (politely!) that your school try to replicate what’s working elsewhere. Bridges also has a great, flexible, and inclusive of special needs after care program. It can be done!

+1, totally doable, suggest this nicely at the beginning of year, it helps to find more parents who could support the flexible schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:Because you get what you pay for. Mann is more than $500/month. Janney parents run the aftercare parents and thus keep overhead costs low. Also, Janney is able to tap into the AU student community and so can be more flexible in scaling up and down on a moment's notice.

+1.

Janney is such an unusual situation. Besides being close to AU, I've noticed Janney is full of two-earner families where one parent works in academia or a think tank or something like that. That parent wants part-time aftercare (since those jobs are often flexible) and is also usually super-high-education and super invested in the quality of the aftercare program.

Janey is not that unique, lot of schools in DC offer that flexibility. We are at Lafayette (But it is parent run) and have a lot of flexibility. Our previous school used Springboad for aftercare, also flexible. A friend of DC at Maury (run privately) do aftercare only twice/week.

Lafayette is not parent run- It's a private business (CLS) that supplies aftercare to Murch and other schools as well. It allows only a few days a week, but not drop ins. You decide your year-long schedule up front.

Yes, Janney is unique.

Yes, it's the proximity to American that makes Janney able to enroll any kid with a 1-2 week notice and provide drop-in care. They have a pipeline of college students always at the ready (within walking distance). It's a pretty unique situation.

+1. The proximity means access to a very flexible, qualified workforce. The only other programs I know of with that kind of flexibility are not in DC and are also in college towns.

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To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

+2. Also the price she mentions for full time is not bad even if you use it 3 times a week.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

[Anonymous]

This really reminds me of people who think they have to pay their nannies or day-care providers when they go on vacation -- but want them there when they return.

My issue with aftercare? The workers don't make nearly enough money for what they do.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

Not a stretch, OP described a "pretty decent school" with a similar fee structure, so some of us assumed Shepherd.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

Not a stretch, OP described a "pretty decent school" with a similar fee structure, so some of us assumed Shepherd.

Maybe Shepherd is the only DCPS school not providing flexibility for aftercare?

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

Not a stretch, OP described a "pretty decent school" with a similar fee structure, so some of us assumed Shepherd.

Maybe Shepherd is the only DCPS school not providing flexibility for aftercare?

They have flexibility (drop in), just not the price OP wants.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

+1. PP isn't entitled to neighbors who only see things her way. Neighborhoods change and expectations change with it.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: to say something 'sucks' because it wasn't designed for your individual needs is... entitled. I hope you're teaching your kids better than this. As other posters have suggested, if it's working for most, learn more, deal with your own shit, and see what you can do to help change or modify. People with this entitled attitude make community meetings intolerable. The world does not revolve around you - please take a deep breath and re-think your approach!

+1. I'm hope this type doesn't represent most people now moving into the neighborhood.

I think the OP has a valid request, but I agree they could have formulated it better. Also this is a stretch, you don't even know what neighborhood they are talking about. And you are not always going to see eyes to eyes with all your neighbors.

+1. PP isn't entitled to neighbors who only see things her way. Neighborhoods change and expectations change with it.

Yeah but to say something sucks because it doesn’t conform to her desires (not even needs) is a stretch and not a sign of a decent person. Our neighborhood Target closes at 10pm, I wish it closed at 11pm so I can use it conveniently. I’m not going to say the neighborhood Target sucks. In fact, it’s great. I just wish they stayed open an hour later. See how easy it is?