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[quote=Anonymous]This is a huge conundrum. What works in your favor is that you are (still) Title I and therefore (a) have an afterschool coordinator and (b) qualify for many enrichment programs DCPS contracts with. Robotics, business club, tennis, etc. To fully capitalize on these, build strong relations with your afterschool coordinator and help him/her be entrepreneurial about getting those to your school.

Other options are as follows: None are great, and all would greatly benefit from DCPS disbursing "per needy pupil afterschool subsidies" to schools rather than categorizing schools as "you have" or "you don't" have a DCPS program. (non-Title I schools will be in the latter category):
- Bank on afterschool clubs (teachers should be available to run one or the other club as part of their community engagement, but parents are needed to help out for sure)
- Contract individual offerings and fundraise to offer scholarships
- Help an afterschool coordinator take hold at your school that is amenable to contracting with experts here and there (ideally leveraging daytime partnerships) while rolling those costs into general tuition costs (and offering a sliding scale on that)[/quote]

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