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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about after care at both schools?  My impression is that Lafeyette's program is far less structured and generally weaker as a result - is this right?[/quote]

My kids attend the aftercare at Lafayette and love it.  There are lots of activities for kids to participate in cooking, sewing, sports, arts n' crafts, etc.  It's not a rigid structure, but that is what makes it work for my kids - they can choose what they want to participate in.  Kids are divided into appropriate age groups with plenty of supervision.  There is even an option for kids to receive homework help in a seperate area.  From what I understand the program is at full capacity and is in high demand.  [/quote]

That's good to hear!  [b]I just got the impression that it was incredibly ad hoc -- like kids might get into an activity that all of a sudden is no longer offered because a parent volunteer was running it and just decided not to continue.  No attempt was made to get someone else to offer it, and the program was just cancelled.  This is my understanding of what happened there with French being offered a while back.  [/b]Then I contract that with Mann that has a program run by an outside company, or Janney that has a complete organization within the school built to run the after care program.  Am I right about this stuff or did I get the wrong impression from the open houses?[/quote]

Yes but just to clarify the foreign language program that was offered afterschool at Lafayette that was run by a parent, was not part of Lafayette's afterschool program.  Currently there are a bunch of activities that Lafayette students can participate in afterschool - chess, African dance, Notebusters, cross country, basketball etc.  But these special programs are completely separate from Lafayette's afterschool program.[/quote]

Thanks for your detailed response - very helpful!  :)  [/quote]

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