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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know that kids are better off or happier not having to go to aftercare or staying until closing. Avoiding that never entered my decision making, which,’along with sharing the drop off and pick up load, led to both of us being able to have the careers we wanted. [/quote]

???

Shouldn’t you know if your OWN kids are better off or happier avoiding aftercare?  I won’t speak for everyone’s children, but mine absolutely HATED aftercare and it stressed them out horribly.[/quote]

PP to whom You are responding. My kids loved aftercare and camp. Their aftercare took care of all homework so when they got home our evenings weren’t filled with a to do list. They taught my kids to sew and all kinds of other things. Plus my kids got to play with their friends. They had plenty of time to play with each other outside of those hours. They fed my kids a ln early dinner though they’d eat again at home. They also did camp on school days off so I never scrambled for care on teacher work days. And they did a summer camp so when they were little and didn’t like a lot of change, they could just stay in their regular childcare. It was a good gig. Went from age 3 to 13. [/quote]

Taught to sew and fed dinner?  Where is this mythical place? [/quote]

+1 where was this?? [/quote]

Silver Spring. [/quote]

So a private company?[/quote]

Isn't most aftercare private? [/quote]

NP no.[b] Most aftercare is ran through the county out of the public schools.[/b] It's very similar to lord of the flies. About 100 K-5 mixed together with only 2 teachers. Kids running everywhere, bullying, the 5th graders were teaching the K about sexual things. It was awful and I got my kids out as soon as I realized. Ours is free for low income kids, so it's heavily used, overcrowded and the county doesn't fund it enough. My kids went to daycare and it was nothing like this at all. Complete chaos.[/quote]

Do you live in an alternate universe? In Montgomery County, the county does not run most aftercare. They have a small program in some recreation centers and run afterschool programs in low income schools. In most schools, private providers such as Kidsco, Kids After Hours and Bar-T run after care programs. We've only heard good things about our school's aftercare program from neighbors, including kids that ask to stay there instead of going home (spare me your diatribe about how they must have terrible parents - they don't).[/quote]

I'm in a nearby VA county. And yes, it's a low income school. I think the older kids liked it a lot more, particularly the boys because they'd organize soccer and basketball games. But there weren't any planned activities. It was just like regular recess, but for 5 hours. [/quote]

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