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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free at DCPS! There's some programming, like soccer once a week, and maybe dance/theatre, but mostly it's playground or free time, which i like. No coverage for days off, we don't have half days, and no coverage the day before a holiday (so like on Wednesday before Thanksgiving). [/quote]

It isn’t free.  Taxpayers are covering it.  I think everyone no matter income should pay a certain % for after care even if it’s just $10 a week.

People are complaining but it amounts to what $5 an hour?  Come on, would you want to watch 15-20 kids for $15 -$20 hour?  I pay a high schooler $15 -$20/ hour to watch my ONE child!  You get what you pay for (or don’t apparently).  [/quote]

Do you think the DCPS teachers and staff who work aftercare at Title I schools who offer it free are not getting paid??

It appears the people complaining on this thread are the ones who do pay, not the ones who don't, because their extra money seems to amount to basically the same as the free programming run by staff their kids already know.

Taxpayers are paying for a lot of stuff they don't use.[/quote]

I forget the exact amount off top of my head but after care teachers in the DCPS programs are very very underpaid. Which means a lot of teachers either don't work after school at all or find work in a private provider at a different school that pays more, which leads to staff teacher shortages at a title 1 school aftercare. It is often hard for the school to find staff for aftercare, further limiting spots.[/quote]

I just want to clarify for everyone here that any DCPS teachers who work either for DCPS-operated (that is, OSTP) afterschool programming at the Title 1 schools as well as those DCPS teachers who work DCPS-operated summer school make $60/hour per their WTU contract. Now, if a DCPS teacher is working for some sort of partner organization that is a different situation, but for those with DCPS programs run directly by DCPS then the $ per hour is not bad at all. (It's still not enough $ to make a lot of teachers willing to give up their summers or after school time but it's enough to get plenty.)[/quote]

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