[quote=bearishgurl]Am I missing something??[/quote]

Yeah – the days of 1/2 day kindergarten went away quite a few years ago. They are getting out of school at the same time with all the other students, and they have a lot of homework (another reason we went the private school route). There is no “DASH” program in San Diego Unified. What is available varies school by school. Up in UC, after care is generally provided by the SAY program and/or the YMCA.

I’m not sure why you are contorting yourself arguing some point that really isn’t that pertinent here, because in the past two years our daughter easily comes in the top ten percent in the amount of extra care that has been used at her school. Believe me, we use it, and we know very well what after care is like at our school and what it’s like at the various grade schools in our area.