The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren hasn't meant a return to work for many of their parents who are finding after-school programs in short supply.
FILE - Students exit through a stairwell during dismissal at Raices Dual Language Academy, a public school in Central Falls, R.I., Feb. 9, 2022. The return to classrooms for the nations schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their parents who are finding afterschool programs in short supply.
Before the pandemic, the San Antonio district's after-school program had 1,000 staff members serving more than 7,000 students at its roughly 100 elementary and middle schools. Today, there are less than half that number of employees supervising about 3,300 students. More than 1,100 students are on waiting lists for the program, called Learning Tree, which provides academic, recreational and social enrichment until 6:30 p.m. each school day.
“Access to affordable child care has been shown time and again to boost labor force participation among mothers," the report said. “We were really just kind of hoping and praying that spots would open up for them and fortunately they did,” Gonzalez said. The YMCA, which sends staff into the schools to run the programs, is considering another pay raise in hopes of attracting more applicants, he said. The provider already raised the minimum pay for site directors from $13 to $16 an hour, and gave other employees a $2 an hour raise, to $13.
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