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[quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on the child, the parents and the neighborhood.  My child is in 6th and our school has aftercare through the 8th and believe it or not, 1/3 are in the 8th that go to aftercare.  My child goes and loves it, it gives her help with homework, some play time (she is an only and there are no children over the age of 4 in our neighborhood) and she is in a safe place.  Plus, for us, mom and dad both commute an hour to work in normal traffic so if school closes early for snow, etc. she has a place to go to wait.

Since she is the only one in our neighborhood in middle school, the bus stop would be far away and it is not in the best of locations.  Our neighborhood itself is fine and the neighborhood where the bus stops is fine but the general area she would have to walk through to get home from the bus is sketchy -- transients hanging out, some crime and attacks, kinda hidden from street.  I trust her to be home alone but not comfortable with the walk part of it.  So we send her to aftercare.

So when you get to that point, it's up to what you all feel works best.  [/quote]

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