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Parent raises concerns about Apollo after-school program: fees, pick-up rules and snack/enrichment services
Summary
A Belleville parent told the board the district’s contracted after-school provider, Apollo, lacks flexibility former provider Champions offered and is charging fees and enforcing strict pick-up rules that create hardship for families.
A Belleville parent described problems with the district’s contracted after-school program run by Apollo during public comment at the June 16 Belleville Board of Education meeting, urging the board to review the contract or consider returning to the previous vendor.
Why it matters: Families said the program’s policies create scheduling and cost burdens for working parents and reduce the enrichment and homework support they expected.
Tina Newton Garcia, a Belleville resident who identified herself as the parent of two children at the Hornblower Early Childhood Center and as a school administrator in Jersey City, told the board the district’s switch from a vendor called Champions to Apollo left…
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