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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea that it is free care that replaces daycare is ridiculous, just check my bank account.  I pay over $500 a month for aftercare and lunch that was previously included, i am paying over $2500 in summer camps, and there are frequent days without school that otherwise would have been covered.  Additionally, I donate about $1,000 a year.  This is far from the free option for working parents that don't qualify for reduced costs, and when accounting for additional metro costs is actually more than daycare.  But, it is an amazing school.  So, of course I am doing it anyway, but it is nowhere near free![/quote]

But how much are you paying for the actual academic program your child is enrolled in - the actual classroom, teaching program (not before/aftercare)?  If you're at DCPS or DCPCS, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA.

That is "free", in case you aren't at a bilingual school.

All the fees you are paying (many of which would be free if you were low income enough to qualify), would still be the same but how much more would you be paying at private school/full time daycare?  A TON more.  That is the point.  You are getting the classroom instruction for free, and that is a gift horse you may not want to look in the mouth.[/quote]

So your point is that we are going for the academics, which are available for free?  True.  But, my point is that to take advantage of that and still keep a working schedule similar to that that I had with daycare, we must shell out the same amount (maybe 10% less, although that is eaten by transportation costs, and don't even talk about the opportunity costs of the time it takes to transport)as we did when the child was in daycare.  Thus, it is not a money saving venture as implied in this thread.[/quote]

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