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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, Also check whether there are any afterschool club on that day at your school? Many parents do that at my school or a taekwondo/karate pickup etc. Library is also a good option. [/quote]

OP here again.

That's just it, the school PTA is apparently incapable of dishing out info before September and the extra-curriculars start a few weeks after the first day of school, and many end earlier than the holidays. So even if we are lucky enough to find an activity that DS doesn't detest at that day and time, for every semester, I still have to cover some weeks here and there.

I checked on the MoCo library website. It's very vague: "Children over the age of 8 should not be left alone for prolonged periods of time." OK, he's 9. Is 2 hours a prolonged period? I suppose it's up to each branch to enforce this as they wish.

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That's interesting.  I'm the PP who said 12 or 13.  Our local library is Little Falls, which is right next to Westland Middle School, and when we first moved to the area the librarian overheard me telling my 11 year old (looks 11, not a tiny kid who might be mistaken for a younger child) that he could stop on the way home from school (so making it clear that this was at least a sixth grader) to pick up a book and made a point to tell me it wasn't allowed in unless I was in the building the whole time.  When I asked for clarification they said that he could stop long enough to return a book, but couldn't stay and browse or read it.

I would be more OK with my kid walking a few extra blocks and crossing a few extra streets at nine, than I would be with a couple hours in the library alone.  To be clear, if I knew the library staff wouldn't kick him out, I'd be OK with both, but to me walking home is the less worrisome of the 2 ideas.[/quote]

I would fight the library on a horrible rule like that, especially since it isn't county policy.[/quote]

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