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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always heard these jobs were unicorns in dc because no one wanted them. But we live in a major metro area in the south now, and tons of people hire hs and college kids for these jobs. $15 give or take, for 2-3 hours a day after school. My neighbor has kids in a private school that runs from k-12, and every year she finds a hs jr or sr with a car who is able to take her middle schoolers home, hang out while they do homework and even take them to activities as needed. And my friend only works m-w, so she finds someone who only wants this three days a week. So the kid makes like $150 for three easy days of work a week. [b]Why wouldn’t a 17 year old want this easy gig[/b]? And why wouldn’t my friend rather specify this posting than having to pay more for a professional nanny who won’t want the job anyway? People in dcum are bonkers sometimes. [/quote]

Most 17 year olds in the DC area are busy after school with sports, clubs, volunteer work etc. 
There are also some districts in the area (I know Loudoun county schools, specifically) where the elementary kids get out a couple hours before the high school kids.[/quote]

Yea I think you live in a bubble. Lots of teens or college kids can make after school work. When we lived in dc five years ago, we used to post this type of “perfect for a college kid” job on care and used to get tons of responses.  We were hiring for a sitter to work every Saturday night from 7-11 and we paid $15 an hour. We always got great kids from American and Gw mostly, who were super bright responsible kids who I think loved the gig. They would go out immediately afterwards - 11pm. We stay in touch with several of them. [/quote]

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