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[quote=Anonymous]Fourth Murch parent -- different perspective.  CLS is a small business started by a Murch mom.  It does indeed work nicely for younger kids -- albeit at a significantly higher price than is being offered at Lafayette.  I do not believe that it consistently serves more than about 50 kids -- others come a couple days for language only -- so the scale up to 300 would be a factor of 7 -- I would be very concerned.  It has no Board and no transparency, and like other small organizations, just asks kids that are a problem to leave.  Not sure how that works with a group of 300 when its the only game in town.  Providers do not have training and we experienced some pretty inappropriate language and handling of discipline issues -- again not a huge deal in a small provider but something I would be very concerned about with a large scale expansion as there are not -- to my knowledge -- set policies or practices that are followed.  Finally, it really is geared to younger kids -- very few kids over 2nd grade attend after care although some still do language.  If I were a parent I would have some very tough questions about whether CLS really has the ability to do what they are promising and I would insist that some additional governance/transparency be part of the contract.  Happy to be proven wrong![/quote]

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