PS 185’s Afterschool Program Was Cut – Parents Will Be Forced to Pay $3,300 for Afterschool
The afterschool program at PS 185 in Bay Ridge was free last year.
This year, parents will be forced to pay $3,300 for their child to attend the afterschool program.
You may be thinking to yourself: Well $3,300.00 isn’t bad for afterschool all year.
For some families, $3,300.00 is too high because they are just making ends meet, so their child will be going home to an empty apartment.
If a family has two children, the afterschool cost is $6,600.00
In February, Kathy Hochul announced that she was adding $17.7 million dollars more to the New Streamlined LEAPS Initiative for afterschool programs, which had $100,000,000. (Info)
How did families at PS 185 get left out of that 117 million dollars?
When that money didn’t come through, why didn’t Senator Andrew Gounardes stand up for this community?
Senator Gounardes didn’t communicate with our community and tell us that this school’s afterschool program was cut.
How many other schools in Bay Ridge lost their afterschool program?
Why didn’t Councilman Justin Brannan mention the change to PS 185’s afterschool program?
In other areas, NYC Council members went and got the money to fund their afterschool programs, like Council member Joann Ariola did:
Afterschool programs for children are essential because most parents are working and need childcare. Parents may have chosen this school because it had a free afterschool program.
Our community should not be paying high property taxes when afterschool programs in our area were cut and many families are being forced to pay for afterschool, while in other areas throughout the state, these programs remain free.
We have elected leaders who should be working to support this school and the families in our community!
Hugs,
marlene
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