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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly are the “ safety concerns” OP?

well, the kids are wondering around and anyone can get through the front door -one ring the gaurd opens to everyone has an easy acess to kids- we cannot pretend that school shootings do not happen.

Perhaps they did “spare the children a moment to collect their belongings” — prior to and in the process of getting them ready to be picked up as scheduled.

again I arrived 15 minutes BEFORE

Were you expecting the teachers to wait until someone arrived for each kid to begin this process?  
yes the same if I were to pick my child at 5:00pm

“Poor kids”?  Really? In any case, If you can’t “physically accommodate their expectations “ — which, as far as I can tell, are about picking up your kid on time, then perhaps this particular program won’t work well for you.  And, yes, this is normal. The teachers probably are eager to leave.  Just like you, they have scheduled responsibilities and appointments.

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Well, as I am told the aftercare should run till 6:00 the teachers should not have any expectations to leave before 6. [/quote]

Right, they want to leave at 6. Not after you show up at and it takes a while for you to collect your kid's stuff and get him out of there. Actual 6. Because they are busy just like you.[/quote]

What are talking about grabbing little jacket, hat and backpack and walking him takes at most 2 minutes. When I pick my child early -I never wait more than 5 minutes, They do not have to dress my child and they are free to leave as soon my child is in my reach. I can dress my child  . They do it to  hurt my child and send me a message [/quote]

Whaaaat? Why are you taking this so personally?

They have to stay until all children are out of the room. Then they lock up. It's not up to you when they are allowed to leave. [/quote]

+1 you think the staff can just walk out of there wit a parent, child, and unlocked room left behind?[/quote]

that is the point they leave the room, lock it at 5:40, transition to the downstairs halway by 5:45 with 2 -3 kids left, no room to lock...so the question remains...how much time do they really save if my child stays in the jacket and a hat ? [/quote]

If you are really that bothered by the jacket, ask them to put it in his backpack instead. They're probably doing it so his outerwear doesn't get left behind. But I'm really perplexed why you care so much about this.[/quote]

+1.  OMG, OP is blowing this way out of proportion.  She is one of those demanding PIA parents.[/quote]

Great to see that someone is standing up for their kids. After-school providers are becoming unhinged.[/quote]

I’m the PP and a parent, not after school provider.

OP is the one becoming unhinged because the staff had her kid all ready to go, waiting for her at 5:45pm, one of the few kids left.  She then proceeds to call this a safety concern and proceeds to say she expects the staff to have her kid dong an activity up until 6pm.

Many on here have replied this is normal, and she continues to adhere that it is not.

The staff needs to leave at 6, not entertain her kid til 6.  That means lock up and ready to go, especially since most of the kids are picked up by 5:30.

Above is absolutely normal and not unhinged or child abuse or whatever OP is trying to imply.

OP is so naive and stubborn thinking she is all righteous and such.  She can die on this hill if she wants but she has a long, long road ahead of her then and will be seen as THAT parent. All staff and teachers will know that she is a PITA.   Truth. 
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actually for  any other business including some other school afterschool cares  is not normal.  It does not not matter when the other kids are picked up. The services the parents are paying for should be provided till 6:00. The regular school ends at 3:15- I never saw a teacher packing kids 30 min before just because she has to be somewhere else , and I am talking about free services. [/quote]

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