Comments on: Leaps and Bounds http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:01:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68537 gwen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:37:58 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68537 It's definitely worth applying, there have been times when I was making more than I thought I'd get help with and...it's really arbitrary how much they can [and do] do. It’s definitely worth applying, there have been times when I was making more than I thought I’d get help with and…it’s really arbitrary how much they can [and do] do.

]]> By: Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68398 Sharyn Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68398 And thank you for the single mom commiseration. I'm usually all right with it but sometimes it's a tough gig and I feel like we haven't got any sort of safety net. And thank you for the single mom commiseration. I’m usually all right with it but sometimes it’s a tough gig and I feel like we haven’t got any sort of safety net.

]]> By: Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68397 Sharyn Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68397 This had been much less of a stressor for me, with my son's school being a year-round program. But still, there were always a few weeks out of the year I would have to scramble to figure something out. Even when their childcare program is open it is $50/day! I'll have to see about any financial aid. I feel like I make just slightly too much to qualify for help for anything. Switching from the charter school to a public school program has been a tough decision. Made tougher still by their announcement today - that the school found a site 1.8 miles from my workplace. Whichever route I choose I feel like I'm just rolling the dice. This had been much less of a stressor for me, with my son’s school being a year-round program. But still, there were always a few weeks out of the year I would have to scramble to figure something out. Even when their childcare program is open it is $50/day!

I’ll have to see about any financial aid. I feel like I make just slightly too much to qualify for help for anything.

Switching from the charter school to a public school program has been a tough decision. Made tougher still by their announcement today - that the school found a site 1.8 miles from my workplace. Whichever route I choose I feel like I’m just rolling the dice.

]]> By: gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68376 gwen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:44:57 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68376 p.s. a lot of them also do NOT publicize that they offer financial aid, it might not be on the brochure/ad/site, it is definitely worth asking if they do if you see something especially interesting. p.s. a lot of them also do NOT publicize that they offer financial aid, it might not be on the brochure/ad/site, it is definitely worth asking if they do if you see something especially interesting.

]]> By: gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68375 gwen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:43:32 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68375 summer plans were always a huge stressor for me when my daughter was growing up. the costs are RIDICULOUS and as a single mom, my income was usually somewhere from barely getting by to getting by. a lot of programs offer financial aid and i spent huge amounts of time in the spring tracking down which and applying, applying, applying. non-profits like museums and city parks and rec were most likely to have this available, and some of them help out even if you're not total poverty-line income. major pain in the ass doing all that paperwork but my daughter was able to do some fun stuff i totally wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise. we have a really good summer camps info day, maybe there is something similar there? that is really cool that the Dead Sea Scrolls are coming. i am not religious but that stuff is fascinating. summer plans were always a huge stressor for me when my daughter was growing up. the costs are RIDICULOUS and as a single mom, my income was usually somewhere from barely getting by to getting by. a lot of programs offer financial aid and i spent huge amounts of time in the spring tracking down which and applying, applying, applying. non-profits like museums and city parks and rec were most likely to have this available, and some of them help out even if you’re not total poverty-line income. major pain in the ass doing all that paperwork but my daughter was able to do some fun stuff i totally wouldn’t have been able to afford otherwise. we have a really good summer camps info day, maybe there is something similar there?

that is really cool that the Dead Sea Scrolls are coming. i am not religious but that stuff is fascinating.

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