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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line is that MV and YY are looking to gain extra money for the school. At my DD DCPS, the aides and some other staff run the aftercare program and it's working just fine. They get off at 6, but that's probably only and extra hour and a half of their time from their regular work day. So how much extra money is that more them individually and what amount goes to the schools budget. Don't say it's to keep the lights on etc. when the cleaning staff is already there and need to use them as well.[/quote]

I guess I'm not willing to concede this is the bottom line.  Why couldn't an equally plausible bottom line be that MV and YY have decided to employ more staff?  In addition to the staff in the classrooms, are there other teachers around, does anyone know?  Like reading specialists or other specials?  Is the student to teacher ration the same does anyone know?  Or what it MV and YY pay their aftercare staff a higher wage?  I personally don't think that's a bad thing.  Or what if the programming that the school chooses costs more?  I know for instance at MV *all* aftercare kids were offered six to seven swim lessons (for no additional cost to parents) at WSC and they do cooking, photography, art, gardening.... And what if the school is shooting for more than what you're calling a 'just fine' aftercare program and has to charge more to provide that?  I know of at least three elementary schools (EOTP of course) that have aftercare programs that my friends were not willing to have their kids attend - and the cost was I'm sure lower than MV's and YY's, surely closer to the 'average' figure everyone's throwing around here of $300/mo.

My bottom line: I think it's terribly cynical to conclude summarily that a school is simply looking to gain extra money by jacking up aftercare prices.  I'm sure such a simpleton approach has its appeal on this anonymous forum where people get whipped up about whether someone writes 'no gifts' on an invitation, but in real life, it betrays a grossly uninformed opinion.[/quote]

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