Ready to lose free after school?

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Anonymous wrote:If my DCPS school is not T1 and I pay for aftercare, can I assume it’s safe?

Yes, I would think so.

There isn't even enough $ to have after school programs for SOME students let alone have school for everyone go until 5:00 pm. The cost of that would be massive.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see why it's not realistic that the city council provide additional funding to make up for whatever the lost amount of funding that occurs due to this from the federal gov't or the bill that passed today or whatever is the issue here. And I know $ isn't infinite but they can and should take from something else since our children having a safe place after school is more important than MOST other things.

Council could do this, but should only do it with income limits. All UMC families should have to pay. The current situation where some UMC families pay and others don’t doesn’t seem feasible to me with DC’s finances.

How would this work. Our school currently has funds for a mediocre non-enriching program for all. Now the funds would only be for title 1 kids, maybe a sliding scale, and some parents can buy our way in? Can’t imagine the principal having to take on yet another task. And realistically those parents with money won’t pay for these non-enriching programs. UMC like me will prefer to pay more for private programs. The current program will be more segregated.

If we need more taxes from the UMC then raise rates or expand services that must apply existing sales taxes (private school tuition comes to mind).

I don’t know. Maybe they could do it the way other schools in DC manage to have a sliding scale based on income/need?

A sliding scale is how our school manages, plus optional enrichment classes for an additional cost (i.e. chess, dance).

But who sets this up? Principal or some type of parent org? Asking because I am at a T1 with no real options. Are these offered at “better” lottery-in type schools with involved parents?

It's setup as a non-profit childcare provider. I would not have parents or principal run it as there's too much transition.

[Anonymous]

I think those types of after school programs aren't affected by this as they probably don't get federal money. But almost every single DCPS Title 1 elementary does have this program and it has thousands of students so those are the kids and families that are at risk.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why it's not realistic that the city council provide additional funding to make up for whatever the lost amount of funding that occurs due to this from the federal gov't or the bill that passed today or whatever is the issue here. And I know $ isn't infinite but they can and should take from something else since our children having a safe place after school is more important than MOST other things.

Council could do this, but should only do it with income limits. All UMC families should have to pay. The current situation where some UMC families pay and others don’t doesn’t seem feasible to me with DC’s finances.

How would this work. Our school currently has funds for a mediocre non-enriching program for all. Now the funds would only be for title 1 kids, maybe a sliding scale, and some parents can buy our way in? Can’t imagine the principal having to take on yet another task. And realistically those parents with money won’t pay for these non-enriching programs. UMC like me will prefer to pay more for private programs. The current program will be more segregated.

If we need more taxes from the UMC then raise rates or expand services that must apply existing sales taxes (private school tuition comes to mind).

I don’t know. Maybe they could do it the way other schools in DC manage to have a sliding scale based on income/need?

A sliding scale is how our school manages, plus optional enrichment classes for an additional cost (i.e. chess, dance).

But who sets this up? Principal or some type of parent org? Asking because I am at a T1 with no real options. Are these offered at “better” lottery-in type schools with involved parents?

It's setup as a non-profit childcare provider. I would not have parents or principal run it as there's too much transition.

But WHO initiates this? Must be principal and parents selecting the provider right? And will the principal at a Title 1 school allow a provider to come in and charge parents knowing that only a select few will pay and the rest of the kids have to exit at dismissal?