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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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- [b]but there are other child care options as well[/b], and extended day space should not be prioritized beyond how much it already is.[/quote]
I think this is the main issue though.  I only know of two childcare options other than extended day for elementary age kids.  The FCPS mentioned 5 -- if there were that many in Arlington, I don't think that there would be such a demand for extended day and there wouldn't be any outrage at being cut out.  Right now the primary alternative to extended day for most parents is getting a nanny to meet your kid at the bus.  If there were other options, this wouldn't be an issue.  
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PP from FCPS here There are a lot more then 5, that is just what I see at my ES. We are at one of the smaller ES and I am pretty sure that the larger ES have far more then 5 pick ups.

I would call around to the various programs in your area, there might be more then you know of. I had no clue about a good number of the offerings, outside the martial arts and Y options, because I was not involved in gymnastics or ballet or other programs but those options were there. We started talking to our neighbors looking for different options for snow days and planned days off. Then we found a ton of choices. So there might be more then you know of. Surely you have kindercare and similar programs in your area, have you called them? The martial art studios tend to have a good mix of fun stuff and physical activity because the kids take lessons. The gymnastics program in our area, Gymnastics America, has more of a free play with bounce houses, a "ninja warrior course" and foam pit that the kids can play in.

And maybe if people are reaching out, there will be more places that open up.

It also sounds like there is not the same demand as at most FCPS, I don't know if APS has a larger SACC program or not.[/quote]

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