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In article , H Schinske wrote:
How much does the aftercare cost, anyway? I've always assumed it would be (a) very expensive for the amount of time and (b) difficult to get into after the year begins. It's of course entirely possible that neither is the case with the situation the OP is facing. Private after-school care can be very expensive, but after school programs associated with a public school are usually pretty cheap---they have to be in schools like ours, where half the students need to be subsidized for the school lunch program. The aftercare programs do fill up, so adding mid-year may be a problem. There is one way to find out---ask! This might reasonably be a job for the spouse who is interested in pursuing the afterschool program: finding out all the relevant information. ------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics (Senior member, IEEE) (Board of Directors, ISCB) life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Affiliations for identification only. |
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First of all - THANK YOU to everyone who provided such thoughtful
advice. As you can tell from my first post, I was a bit stressed at the time of writing. Many of the things people posted really gave me some things to think about and see things in a different light. We did talk with our daughter about the after school program before she started, and she was quite enthusiastic about it. Today, I picked her up from her first time at the afterschool program, and she told me that she loved it. She was already asking, "Can I go again tomorrow"? The program is run very well, and I could tell the kids had many different activities to suit their interests. I'll let you in on a little secret - most of the stress in this situation arose from some (unrequested) input from our daughter's grandparents. They were strongly against the idea of our daughter in such a program, which is why we began the discussion of trying to rearrange our work schedules. If anyone out there suffers from the "meddling-grandparents" syndrome, you have my sympathy. Well meaning as they may be, the problems and heartaches that arise from such univited advice can be a real problem (we've been dealing with it for years) Thanks again, and apologies for not posting sooner. at wrote: What does your daughter think about all this? Our school has a daycare located within the building, and an afterschool program, and our kids have repeatedly expressed the desire to participate! They can come straight home after school, but they see the afterschool program as a fun thing, and they are jealous of their friends who stay. Mary G. |
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