FWIW: I have never accepted the notion that the more the government has my kid (or any kid) in school, the better educated they will be.
Yeah, but marginal utility is really a whole 'nother issue - I figure as long as I'm willing for my kid to be in school, it may as well be at times convenient to me. And "the hours I'm at work" is as convenient as it gets.
We could do aftercare at the school now, but it consists of sitting in the cafeteria reading a book while the kids around you shriek. I suspect she'd have a better opportunity to learn if she were doing just about anything else, including sitting in her usual classroom.
