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Question for those with school age children.

Mrs. MoMrs. Mo member
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What do you do if you have to be in work before the time school starts? Also, what do you do anout picking up your child after school?

I am currently looking for a new job but it seems like all the good ones are in the city. This would mean well over an hour commute (so I couldn't take a late lunch to pick my DD up at school). This it a total "cart before the hourse" type senerio since she is only 1.Stick out tongue However,I am not the type of person that likes to jump from company to company so I am hoping to still be there when she goes to school. Do you hire someone to drop off/pick your kid up or do you find an before/afterschool program for them to attend?



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Re: Question for those with school age children.

  • CrazyToastCrazyToast member
    I don't have a school age child, but I'm a teacher.  There are many options.  You could have a day care center, that picks up your child in a van/bus (we have a few of those).  We also have on-site "Kids Club" which is specifically for before/after school but it fills quickly.  There is also the option of paying someone to do that for you - I have a few students who have a nanny simply for those times.
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  • mrsseguinmrsseguin member
    DS's school has a before and after school program.  We can drop him off as early as 7:30am and pick up no later than 6pm. It costs about $5/hr.  I also know some schools will bus kids from a daycare.  There's a few kids that do that at the DC my DD goes too. 
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  • shannmshannm member
    Our school offers extended before and after care.
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  • Mrs. MoMrs. Mo member
    Thank ladies ! I will have to check with the school system to see if they offer any before/after school programs.


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    "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
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  • Maybride2Maybride2 member
    My older son attends a daycare that has a before and after school program.  The school bus picks him and the other kids up at daycare to take them to school, and drops them off there in the afternoon. 
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  • OCNewlywedOCNewlywed

    I have two options for my kids if I need to go to work earlier. One is that the school offers before-school care. The other is that a nearby daycare center offers before-school and after-school care and will take kids to and pick them up from school.

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  • KL777KL777 member
    DS is not school age yet but he is in Pre-Kindergarten at a school that goes to the 5th grade.  His school has an on-site before and after school care program.

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