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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People prefer to have their kids as close to home as possible because it makes life easier, especially since there are no aftercare opportunities available in most neighborhoods other than APS extended day. When you move kids to more distant schools in a congested county, you are adding a significant round trip commute to the day in the race for a 6pm pickup. To the person who will helpfully point out that school is not childcare and kids can ride the bus, you are essentially telling people to just hire a part time nanny or quit their job if they can't handle the logistics, which is a "let them eat cake" kind of solution. [/quote]

We all make choices.  We all have our life situations to deal with.  
I'm ONE of those who has pointed out that school is not childcare and I continue to hold fast to that perspective.  Your argument of convenience or having to make different life choices doesn't sway me in the least.  There is nothing requiring APS to provide extended day services.  They are not required to make life convenient.  They are required to provide a free public education.  PERIOD.  [/quote]

DP.  Sure, let's take that approach.  Who do you think will be disproportionately burdened, the UMC family that can pay for alternative childcare, of the LMC/MC family struggling to get by as it is?  Do you really think you're making life better for disadvantaged students by making school harder for their families?[/quote]

And that's what it always comes back to, very conveniently: We ever-so- compassionate MC/UMC are concerned for the LMC/MC families who might be burdened.....after all the hardship and convenience for ourselves arguments are done.
Do you know the economic breakdown of extended day enrollees or who benefits more from extended day services?  I don't.  But I will bet the majority of them are not FRL-eligible families.

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of course they are not.  Extended day primarily serves the upper middle class two parent working family in arlington where at least one parent works 9-5.  It does not serve those who do shift type work.  Here is the breakdown as of last year

Number of Extended Day Families by Income Level
as of Sept. 30, 2018
Income Level After School Before School
 Below $8,000 64              37
 $8,001 - $12,000 202      120
 $12,001 - $16,000 208    99
 $16,001 - $20,000 127    58
 $20,001 - $26,000 131    70
 $26,001 - $32,000 81      34
 $32,001 - $38,000 50     41
 $38,001 - 46,000 68      43
 $46,001 - $55,000 39    22
 $55,001 - $65,000 53    29
 $65,001 - $88,240 108  47
 $88,241 & above 2054  904

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FY-2020-Budget-Questions-and-Responses-as-of-April-12-2019.pdf[/quote]

Based on that breakdown, it appears that over a third of the students in extended day qualify as low-income.[/quote]

Yeah and didn’t someone upthread say that the county average for FRL was about 30%? Seems like extended day serves many across the board.

DCUM posters who don’t use extended day are primarily wealthy stay at home moms. That they would have the gall to suggest it’s elimination is truly abhorrent. 
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Last year’s system-wide FARMS rate was 29.25%.  Depending on whether you look at morning or afternoon numbers, approximately 36-40% of students in extended day are low-income.  If anything this suggests that low-income families are heavier users of extended day services than other income brackets.[/quote]

That's one way to manipulate the statistics to fit your argument.  The more precise use of statistics shows that 30% of total users are from households $46K and below (which does not necessarily mean every one of those households qualifies for FRL, though most likely do). The proportion in morning or evening is irrelevant. 70% are above $46K  (90% of that group earns over $88K).  63% overall earn over $88K.
But you're right:  more low-income overall use it more than those between $46K and $88K.  Yet more than double over $88K use it than those below $46K.
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