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[quote=Anonymous]The only people I’ve ever been able to find to work the split schedule with driving are college students, and I have to hire multiple of them, and they change out every semester as their school schedule changes. They’ve also always been in high demand with multiple offers so it’s competitive to hire them. And they’re not available to cover ever random early release, snow day, etc. 
I’m lucky that I live very close to several large universities so this is even an option. 
Never been able to find a qualified nanny to take this schedule AND drive.
This has worked out short term when we are in between APs but for consistency and reliability, not to mention coverage for school closures and summer, APs are ideal. I don’t love having another person living with us but it’s still our best option. 
I would—AND DO—pay my APs more, but it’s FAR more complicated than applying laws designed to protect domestic workers to a cultural exchange program. As this MA experiment demonstrates. The federal min wage, which the AP stipend is tied to, needs to be raised. 
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