so, i just walked home from picking up some kiwis & bananas & soy milk, past the school around the corner, which was letting itself out at 15:00.

and, i asked myself - if we are in such dire need of child care options, why don't we just extend school to 17:00?

at the elementary school level, this might manifest itself best as an in-class homework session. but, you could surely add an extra block to the high school day without overburdening anybody.

with young kids, extending the school system into ece is long overdue. but, it's always baffled me why we need extra childcare to fill this gap in, when we could just close the gap.