WAHM declined aftercare

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you show them the company policy that requires you to have child care in order to telecommute and that you'll be fired if you don't have it? Most companies put that in writing somewhere.

I've shown them that plus everything else I can think of. We're likely pulling him out and going public over it (can't find a center with transportation and aftercare locally). It sucks, but it is what it is. I was mostly just curious if this is common.

Can you show them your paycheck with total weekly hours worked? Maybe they think you’re not actually FT employed. There’s gotta be a reason they think you’re not really working.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You’ll just have to pay a daycare center for aftercare. More expensive but that’s the option. I agree with the school on this FWIW.

Why do you agree with the school? I'm an attorney who works from home. I have to be available for phone calls and meetings with coworkers and clients. I also need to do research and write documents the rest of the time. Ignore my kids for three hours per day is not acceptable. Why would it be different if I were doing the same things in my office?

Why is it 3 hours per day? Without aftercare but no commute I would only have 1 hour with the kids home. What are your work hours and aftercare hours?

But as a private school they can focus resources how they see fit.

[Anonymous]

ACLU for discrimination

Newspaper/media outlets

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What school is it? Updates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the private schools are getting a raw deal on this. Here is another perspective. Our children have always attended private. The extended day or aftercare has always been an additional fee, and it always has been dependent on space. I don't know if they have any requirements to meet. I can see how/why a school may not be able to accommodate all students since the staffing of extended day obviously is not done with teachers, except those who take it on as a second job. The school has to hire people to staff the program. And it makes sense that there is an additional fee because not everyone uses it so those who don't shouldn't have to subsidize it.

I don't know what to say about being declined because you work at home. Do you have any other options like a nanny share or an au pair share?

Um, we paid the aftercare fee, which we're now having to eat. Tuition insurance doesn't cover it when we pull the trigger to pull DC out.

Wait...I thought you said they denied you care??? If you registered, paid the fee and now pulled the child for some reason of your own then of course you shouldn't get your money back after you've already used part of the service. Or why would you pay the fee before being accepted? OP, you've got to be making this up for the thrill of the drama. I think your school is trying to send you a message if that's the case.

We registered, paid online, then got an email saying we weren't eligible. They're keeping the $250 application fee. Sorry, I wasn't clear on that. And yes, if we pull DC from school completely, we have to pay whatever the insurance requires.

Hissy fit time! They don't get to keep your fee and deny you the service!

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Any update OP?

I really want to now how this one ends!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any update OP?

I really want to now how this one ends!

Me, too! This is just so wrong. I get that they might have space constraints for after-school care. If that is the case, they should do first come first serve or a lottery and not try to "judge" which parents' jobs are more deserving of access to after school care.