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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people have to pay for more child care, they may as well put their kids in private schools.  I suspect that is why some of our enrollment is going down.[/quote]
That doesn't make any sense - most private schools don't offer before and after care. If they do, it's far more expensive than SACC or the local TKD or gymanstics place.[/quote]

The point is they won’t need before care if they do private school because they would have more reasonable start times. [/quote]

I don't understand. Are private schools holding class for more than 8 hours per day?[/quote]

I don't think so. I also don't think that (private school tuition) + (after care costs) &lt; (before care costs) + (after care costs).

So switching to private school just to save money seems like a silly idea. [/quote]

It’s definitely not cheaper to pay for private school tuition & aftercare. I don’t know what those posters are talking about. I’ve researched this before. The cheapest tuition are parochial schools that charge around 11-12k on tuition alone, and then you need to pay around 6-7K for aftercare. On top of that you have to pay for uniforms and registration fees every single year. There is also a technology fee charged every year. It is about 17K-20K per kid total at the least expensive private school. There is no way before and aftercare costs that much even if it’s not SACC.[/quote]

There is also the convenience and what is best for your child. [b] Going to gymnastics at 7 and to school at 10 is not exactly good for kids.[/b][/quote]

Why not? [/quote]

Because the kid will have started the day early--as most elementary kids do--and exhausted by noon when they still will have four more hours of school.

Do you even have kids?

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