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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]original poster here --we've heard from several schools - eg. Bruce Monroe, Barnard, Harriet Tubman (I think and a few others) that say their after-care is DCPS run. (and not by an outside vendor).  While I value lots of unstructured creative and free time, 3 hours seems like a long stretch and I worry that if there are not some structured play activities or fun classes, that my kid would eventually get bored or just be sitting around.
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I'm the poster from 14:19. I was talking about the aftercare at Cooke as well.

I think it really depends on the school and how they have chosen to structure their aftercare. Our school has an aftercare coordinator. There is a schedule that is posted every week. There are opportunities for kids at various grade levels to participate in enrichment opportunities with outside organizations. One thing that we have definitely struggled with is getting enrichment opportunities for younger children. That said, even without the outside organizations, I don't think your kid will get "bored" or just sit around, unless they are in an area where there is nothing interesting to do. My observation has been that my daughter is excited about classroom time because she's not in her regular classroom. So there are new materials, new books, new kids to play with, etc.

I don't know about the aftercare at BMPV, Tubman or Barnard, but you might try asking these schools if there is an aftercare coordinator you could speak with about the structure. I have tried to encourage our school to talk about aftercare at open houses very specifically because I've observed that that is something that most parents really want to know and also that schools tend to give vague answers.[/quote]

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