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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school uses Polite Piggys. It's around $400 a month, though they also have drop-in options and a sliding income based scale. They offer care on days off (but not federal holidays) and breaks at an extra charge. They have some specials included and have the option of adding on outside specials for extra fees. My impression is they spend a decent amount of time outside and I've never heard my kids mention the use of screens. My kids have generally enjoyed it. We also have experience with Champions and the free DCPS care and PP is far superior to both.[/quote]

I'm curious---why is Polite Piggys so good? How is it better than the free DCPS aftercare for example?[/quote]

Not the PP but we used Polite Piggy’s at our old school and while I have affection for a couple of the staff (and abject disdain for one of them) I don’t find them any better or worse than Champions at our new school. It’s more about the individual staff and how nurturing they are, and both companies have staff that are and staff that aren’t. I thought Polite Piggy’s communicated well and the site director especially was really open to supporting my kid when she was having a hard time (there was a lot of bullying type behavior). I didn’t like how they seemed unable to prevent kids (first and second graders) from having and using smart phones during aftercare, showing my kid fight scenes from Black Panther and other movies (in the end just glad it wasn’t p*rn). Haven’t had that issue with Champions but my feeling is more parents at the new school are anti-phone.

Anyway, not sure if this helps with your question. Curious as well why the PP thinks they are superior.

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