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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flex does kinda suck, but this doesn't seem out of line to me. It's fine for kids to learn to wait patiently, and some parents really appreciate their kid being ready to go.

well, sure but I would rather dress my child than make him sit in the winter jack in the room with 80 degrees heat

The reason schools use Flex is Flex is less expensive. They are able to take the voucher funding from OSSE and many other providers aren't. I'm not sure why that is. But that is the reason, since you asked.[/quote]

That is interesting. It is not less expensive for us. Again given how shitty they are - how come parents do not put pressure on Flex through OSSE[/quote]

It's less expensive for the people who are lower on the sliding scale. OSSE does not care, they will tell you that if your school is unhappy with Flex your school can switch to a different vendor.

And I think you will find that they are only slightly more crappy than the other providers. It's hard to find people to take these jobs, and it's hard to switch vendors because a lot of vendors will tell you they have as many schools as they can handle.

But seriously OP, if you're this wound up about your kid wearing a coat for a little too long, or you really think they're trying to "send you a message", you're going to have a tough time being a DCPS parent. Take a deep breath. [/quote]

so where exactly my bar should be ? what crappy things these after school teachers do and get away with? [/quote]

Things that are actually unsafe. Things where you could actually make an improvement rather than just convincing people you're weird and paranoid. It's not to "send you a message" FFS. What on earth message might it be-- that they'd like to go home on time? That some parents like the kids to be ready?  OMG what a message.

Look, you can complain about every little thing if you want to. But lots of other parents aren't bothered by this jacket and going downstairs issue like you are. That's the bottom line here. Most are fine with it and some of them prefer it this way. So you can choose to spend your time and energy hassling the staff about it, but it won't change anything. Personally, I save it for things that are actually unsafe, and times when my child needs something extra. [/quote]

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