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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought McK would have the biggest waitlist but, it's actually Ashlawn by about 10.

What are these 50 families going to do? Glebe is the other. So if you triangulate, Ballston Quarter should open an extended day center. or maybe everybody should take their kids the library...parents could take turns being the adult in charge...

other options...they just show up to extended day anyway and force APS to deal with it. [/quote]

Extended Day is not an entitlement.  It is heavily used by upper middle class families in Arlington (2/3 of extended day participants are at the top of the pay scale. https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/BAR4K96379EB/$file/20-26%20Extended%20Day%20Scale.pdf

While it works for some lower income students- many of those need other child care  arrangements b/c their parents work hours don't correspond with extended day (e.g. shift type work starts at 6 or 7- extended day doesn't open until 7.)

I think extended day is a good program- but there are other child care options as well, and extended day space should not be prioritized beyond how much it already is.[/quote]

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