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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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That's definitely not how DCPS runs their afterschool care at Title I schools. They generally work with many partners to offer a host of age-appropriate activities that typically follow an hour of homework help/power hour or whatever. That said, and as someone else stated, how well that's put into practice depends on the skill set and savvy of the coordinator. And how well children are cared for depends on the caregivers. Some coordinators - often with the push of principals towards a full-day school model - succeed in teachers playing a central role. Those programs are often very good. Same goes if competent and well-intentioned para-professionals from that school get on board. If the program is mainly staffed by not so competent para-professionals or highly volatile outside workforce, people looking for odd jobs and such, then it may be a little iffier.[/quote]

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