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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much is before care? We only need 30 minutes of aftercare 3x a week and it's $400 a month for the county aftercare. Just another reason parents are broke. [/quote]But it’s extremely reliable.  If it’s in your kid’s school you don’t have to worry about someone else transporting them. It’s all there in the same building.  Use as much or as little as needed from week to week.  It’s your spot.  The make seemingly lifetime friends with the other playmates there.  They work late and early and used to include snow days and teacher workdays. We never needed to search on care.com.  The before care and after care was a given.  Yes, it’s money out, but it was perfect coverage in the long run. Just pay it for elementary and keep the kids safe.  Middle school starts a different era. [/quote]

OP, are you posting from 2022? Have you never paid for child care? In-school before and after care is still way cheaper than daycare![/quote]

I am not complaining about the cost of before care. Im saying there are very few students, and its a depressing scene. Kids warehoused in a multipurpose room for 2 hours at tables. They cant use playground, because staff need to stay onsite as kids trickle in all morning (vs aftercare where kids all arrive at same time and can be managed more easily). [/quote]

What does your daughter do at home during this time now?  Can't she bring a book or something else to do?  Participation in beforecare at our school has ticked back up again but before RTO it was pretty light for a while.  But we sent DS anyway because we both need to work 8.5 hrs so if I didn't get in until 10am I'd be at work until 6:30pm and that just doesn't work for our family.  We prioritized the evening over the morning.  Are you part-time or also having to make this tradeoff?[/quote]

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