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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of camps have already opened by that point and people book camps in January.

This was such a boneheaded move by MCPS.[/quote]

SOME people book camps in January.  I don't have data on this, but I would guess that the fraction of MCPS parents who book summer camps in January is low.  Some people don't seem to realize that not all MCPS kids can afford sleepaway camp, or even half-day camp.[/quote]

Do you have elementary aged kids?  The sign up dates for these things keep getting earlier and earlier-- not just for fancy camps, for pretty much all of them.  Especially if you want to get your kids into a cheaper camp with limited spots, you need to book in December or January.  That said, lots of the cheaper camps are also refundable, so the more price-sensitive families may cancel them for that week and send their kids so they don't have to pay. [/quote]

I think PP is pointing out that not all people are privileged enough to be able to afford camp.  And I think that’s true — yes two working middle class parents can feel like this is a necessity and it’s a grind and hard and expensive.  But lower  income families (of which MCPS has many) are not doing this in the same numbers.  Factor in SAHPs, flexible work schedules and planned time off, older kids, grandparent and relative care…. I kind of agree it’s probably a minority booking the January camps.[/quote]

Being able to afford to have a SAHP and/or a flexible schedule is the privileged position.  Everyone else has all parents working, non-flexible schedules, and need summer child care (i.e. camps) in order to work.  Camp is not some summer sleepaway thing, it's everyday childcare for working families, and if you want the cheap ones you need to book them quick.[/quote]

I think most working parents cannot afford camp.  But most working parents aren’t the UMC types on here.

SAHPs cut both ways— can afford to do it, or literally can’t afford childcare out of wages.

Flexible schedules are privilege yes, but (another one I didn’t mention) staggered working schedules are not.[/quote]

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