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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I generally like the aftercare program but you need to know what you're getting. It's mostly unstructured play time and feels a lot more like a daycare than the primary program does. It is also staffed with the younger teachers. For all of these reasons, my kids absolutely loved it and would do the aftercare program all day if they could, but if you're expecting experienced teachers and lesson plans like primary, you will be disappointed. The teachers can also vary a bit day to day and month to month, though every teacher at the school seemed to know my sons well and have a relationship with them. I never noticed them seeming worn out but it is true that many of them work during the primary program as well.[/quote]

I'm not looking for lessons or anything resembling the regular day.  I am fine with unstructured play time.  However, when you have 30 kids in a room with 3 teachers and it's already the end of the day, it's still better to have either more experienced teachers or  more teachers-- not just warm bodies to sit on a chair and make sure no one is being hurt.  A few years ago, they actually started shortening the play time into 30 min for half the group rather than an hour for the whole group because the gym was just a jungle and totally chaotic.  Yeah, my 4 YO active boy held his own, but not the younger 3s.

Many of the teachers were totally burned out by the end of the day.  Wouldn't you be??[/quote]

I've personally never seen close to 10-1 coverage during aftercare, but I think enrollment has been down a bit lately so maybe it was like that previously. [/quote]

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