We afterschooled because there were no other options where we lived. I hated it as an option because I strongly believe kids should spend a significant portion of time in unstructured play, which we had to steal from to actually teach our child. School took a massive six hour chunk out of the day which was not only pointless, but caused stress (boredom is very stressful) and that spilled over into our home life. There was also so little physical activity at school that there was no way we could afterschool on weekdays.
Had we not been able to move, I think we would have tried me going back to work and hiring a tutor to homeschool. School was worse than neutral for us.
This is my concern, spending so much time in school but needing to "do school" afterwards. Why not just homeschool? It's still an option but a likely small percentage chance at this time because of our specific situation. I also try to focus on unstructured play after school, so we have no extra activities besides what we do together.
