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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its cool for those that can afford before and after care, have a nanny, shift hours around, even leave a parent at home.

But realize, there are at least half of the parents out there perhaps not posting on this board who...  live paycheck to paycheck, have no wiggle room in their schedule at all, have to work overtime on call, cannot afford any additional care and one parent not working is a funny joke.

While you may not be in that situation, I find it hard to believe no sympathy at all are felt for that large portion of the population.  [/quote]

I am a single parent who falls into the paycheck to paycheck category and I'm not even complaining about this issue.  It is what it is.  My son's school starts at 9:15 b/c of the bus schedule.  I take him to the before school program at 7:45am and pick him up between 5:30-6:00pm from the after school program.  School isn't free daycare.  I don't expect the school system to cater to the needs of working parents.  Is it costly?  Yes.  Some months I have to charge the before/aftercare on my credit card.  It is still more affordable than other options- babysitter, au pair, etc.  It works out to approximately $7.50/hr.  The problem comes in when certain schools have no space in their before/aftercare programs.  It is those parents I feel sorry for.  But the school always has info about other options for before/aftercare like in-home daycares in the neighborhood, karate places, etc.[/quote]

Who said school is free day care?  School not being daycare is precisely why I wouldn't want my child stuck in before/after care all day long.  I unlike you think that school should "cater" to the parents whose taxes are paying for it.  Not that they MUST get their way but there has to be some consideration.

I think you are correct in that the schools before/aftercare is more reasonable than other options but thats besides the point.  Preferably I don't want them in "in-school care" at all.  The current hours forces the issue.[/quote]

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