Before School Care for Elementary Students (7:30 am - 8:00 am) (Early Riser’s Program)
RCPS will be continuing its Early Riser’s Program through the month of September cost free to participating families. Beginning in October the division will charge a monthly fee for this service which is dependent on student enrollment in the program.. For example:
- If there are 60 children signed up, the charge will be anywhere from $62.86 to $99.78 a month, depending on the number of school days in the month and based on a daily rate of $4.49.
- If there are 78 children signed up, the charge will be anywhere from $48.30 to $75.90 a month depending on the number of school days in the month and based on a daily rate of $3.45.
- If there are 100 children signed up, the charge will be anywhere from $37.68 to $59.18 a month, depending on the number of school days in the month and based on a daily rate of $2.69.
Parents will be required to pay per month. Unfortunately, the division can not offer a day to day or week to week service pay plan at this time. If you are interested in having your child participate in the Early Riser’s Program, please sign up here. If you are already participating, look for an upcoming email from Ellen Denny ([email protected]) regarding projected monthly costs and how to submit payment.
After School Care for Elementary Students (3:30 pm - 5:30 pm)
RCPS is partnering with the YMCA at Virginia Tech (the Y at VT) to provide quality and affordable after school care. The program is for elementary students, K-6 and will run all weekday afternoons, 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Many families have already shown interest in the program and will receive an email (in the near future) with a survey link so that RCPS and the Y at VT can collect additional information. Enrollment will drive the monthly fee. Each families’ payment requirement will be based on household income. If needed, the Y at VT can help interested families apply for subsidy payments through the Department of Social Services. There may also be some scholarships for families in need of after school care, but have a limited household income.
If you are interested, but have not signed up through the Afterschool Programming for Elementary Students google form, please do so here. Again, if you have already filled out the
google form referenced above, then there is no need to sign up again. Just be on the lookout for an upcoming email from Ellen Denny ([email protected]) with the necessary next steps.