Former Commissioner Jan Platt: Families Need After-School Care Guarantees
Jan Platt, who served on the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners for 24 years, said after-school programming should remain intact unless there are assurances “in writing” that families have viable alternatives.
Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Jan Platt, who served on the board for 24 years, said after-school programming at country recreation centers should be retained if there are no viable options for families. The fate of the county’s after-school program — which serves more than 1,800 children countywide — will be decided by the Hillsborough County Commissioners this month. Commissioners voted 4-3 last month to eliminate the county’s after-school program and to stop staffing — and essentially close — 31 of 43 recreation centers countywide. County commissioners will revisit the vote at a budget workshop Aug. 24. Even if the county’s after-school program is cut there are enough alternatives to pick up the slack, according to Mark …
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Edward Lynch
4:09 am on Monday, August 22, 2011
The school system should be providing after school care. The responsibility of after school care belongs to the parents. The school is not a babysitter as most parents think that it is.The parents need to arrange after school care since the school system is no longer going to provide it. Which is what they should of done in the first place. more ›