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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The before/after care situation in our ES is ridiculous.  The contracted provider within school only has 60 slots.  It's a 900 child school.  Seventy-five percent of families in Montgomery County are two working parent families, and the in-school provider cannot even accommodate 10% of the children.  The contract provider will not seek the additional license required to expand to more slots.  Next time, the contracting process should take into account the population of the school likely to need care, and not award a contract to a provider who is so deficient in meeting that need.
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Our ES had its on site child care review process  a few years ago. I was on the committee. At the time, the school was around 840 kids. It is now 900.

Most of the providers bidding were only doing an option for 60 kids. As a working parent whose child used the onsite before/after care, I raised this to committee members and during interviews. Some of the providers basically said "We're limited by (the county/MCPS) and can't do more than 60." I knew that answer wasn't correct since more than 60 were in the current program.

The reviews are every 5 years. Hopefully you can be involved in the process as one of the stakeholders.

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I am glad to know that here is a committee and parent input is taken into account.  I have never heard participation be solicited at our ES - Maybe hat means the contract will be up soon?[/quote]

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