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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is in 4th grade and has done aftercare since Kindergarten. I think we've been minutes late for pickup maybe 5 times in 5 years. Even though we are talking a minute or 2 late depending on whose watch you look at, we cheerfully pay the $1 a minute late fee that they are diligent about imposing. This week I totally forgot spouse mentioned that I would need to pu (usually [i]his[/i] job) one night b/c he had an important meeting. I am a DCPS teacher and was busy with end of year responsibilities at my own school when my principal decided to call an impromptu end of the year meeting that lasted 1 hour. Knocked me off. I forgot all about p.u. and received a phone call while still working at school. It was one of my DC's Aftercare teachers asking when I was going to arrive. It was 6:20. I was shocked! I apologized profusely and said I would leave immediately but that it would take close to 40 minutes to get there.

Aftercare person, who I'm friendly with and who lives down the street from school said "no worries. It's fine. I'll take him to my house and he can play with my son". Fine. Great! She is a sweetie anyway. I arrived at her house at 7:15 and asked how to resolve the  fees and she said she didn't know. That my kid was a pleasure and having so much fun playing with her kid that she wished they had an extra hour together. (I sensed she know this would be a problem for management and was uncomfortable with it) I asked if she would get all the money from my late fee and she said "no. Aftercare gets half". That got me upset.

Fast forward to today when my husband goes to pick from aftercare and one of the people who I barely know, I think she is 2nd to the director (strikes me as cold and bossy) tells my husband he owes a dollar for every minute...$75. He said that the other Aftercare teachers were reluctant to discuss this issue with him (probably because we've known them for years and they like us and our DC and they know this has never ever happened before) .How can there be a $75 fee if our DC was only present at the school until 6:20 when the aftercare person got my permission to bring him home! I was going to buy her a thank you gift certificate, but if I have to pay this stupid fee, I will not do it. What would you do? Am I missing something here? [/quote] Look, she did you a favor. As a teacher you know that it probably wasn't her doing. Pay the fee AND STILL get her a little something for her trouble. It was on oversight and you inconvenienced people. Be nice about it. It will come back to you. [/quote]

Agree 100%.  You pay fee as u were late.  You also get thank you for teacher that took your child home.  She did you a HUGE favor.  I think technically she could call police 30m after closing.  You need to separate the fact of who gets the fee.  It is not relevant.  What is relevant is you were 75m late and owe $75.  Additionally a teacher did a major favor by not calling police when grace period was up.  You got very lucky and should be gracious....and rushing to pay fee from embarrassment.  [/quote]

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