What do you pay for afterschool care if you have to pay????

[InnerStrength06]

I live in Massachusetts and my children (DD8 & DS6) go to a charter elementary school. They provide a morning (6:30 to 8:00) and afternoon (3:15 to 5:30) supervised care, complete with snacks and homework tutors if needed. Each child has to be registered at $50. per child (non-refundable), the morning fee is $3 per child, per day, and the afternoon is $6 per child, per day....

So for the morning session if needed for all 5 days = $15 per child per week, and for the afternoon session if needed for 5 days = $30 per child per week.

 

[Microcell]

I think I win, and I don't wanna! When DS goes to Kindergarten next year the care from noon to 4 daily (he will go home on the bus with his sister) will be 88 dollars a week, or 352 dollars a month!

It is with the school district and he is considered "part time" I think it is another hundred to go until 6, which I think is too long anyway.

This is our first experience with any kind of daycare, and I want to cry just thinking about it. At least I got him to five without daycare. DD says the daycare kids in her class like it, and it will be for only one year, then when he has full day school he will not need it.

Yes, it is less expensive than not working. I did the math. Trust me, I was strongly leaning that route, but we will come out four hundred a month ahead with my job. Gotta make the car payment.

 

[louise']

Before and after school care is offered at our school from 7am to 9am and from 4pm to 6pm. The rate is $4.50 per hour for the first child and $3.50 per hour for each additional child. The care is not offered on half days, snow days or summer vacation.

 

[sleigh]

I pay $170 per month(August through April, no payment in May) for my DS to go to aftercare at our JCC. That includes transportation from his school and snacks. They also pick him up on early release days.

 

[kathi29]

I pay $46/week for after school care. That includes transportation from school to the daycare, snack, homework assistance, and those dreadful early release days. It's and extra $11 per day for full days off (like today), and $120 a week for vacations and holiday weeks. It costs me a bit more than the program at the school, but I have coverage for all the days off whereas the school program is only offered on school days (and 7 of 10 weeks in the summer)

The program at school is $83 for afterschool, $45 for before school. Those are per month charges. No snack included, and from what I have heard the homework help is spotty to nonexistent.

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

When DD was in AM kindergarten she went to the YMCA 12:30 to 6 for $105 per week.
Now she is in PM kindergarten and i work, she needs before and aftercare 7:00 to 6:00 so it is 199 per week.

 

[fiveforall]

We pay $50 per week for extended day for our two youngest. They can stay from 2:30-5:30, but we get them at 4:00. It is worth every penny. They feed them a snack, do homework, and check their homework. They then do "specials" like cheerleading, baton, basketball, or art. The kids have a blast.

 

[Hillbeans]

I am paying $135 per month for my 6 year old's aftercare 3 days a week.

His school gets out at 3:40 and is bussed to the after-care place at 4:00. They provide a snack.

He is picked up between 5 and 5:30.

(Edited to add I have a home-based sitter for the baby and she takes both kids on holidays, snow days, summer, etc)

 

[sandy6879]

When I was working last year, before and after care was $90/week for one child. Just after school care was $55 a week (I believe) per child. Childcare is exceedingly expensive every year....just keeps going up. We're in CT.