Dowell Elementary
After School Program
Shifting Gears
Welcome to Dowell Elementary After School Program!
Hours: 2:10 pm until 6:00 pm
YEARLY Registration Fee: $10.00
Cost is $7.00 per day AND MUST BE PREPAID
$1.00 PER MINUTE LATE FEE
We are dedicated to creating a fun, safe learning environment for our
students who choose our after school care. Inside and outside activities are
planned and supervised along with an opportunity for students to do homework
or study.
The After-School Program (ASP) operates each school day from 2:10 to 6:00
p.m. and is a
PREPAID
PROGRAM.
The program does not operate on teacher work days
or holidays. During conference week and early release days, the hours are
extended 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to cover the early release time. The
cost is $35.00 per week or $7.00 per
day per child plus a yearly $10 registration fee. Students
receive a snack and there is a mandatory homework period.
LATE PICK UP: Anyone
arriving after 6:00 p.m. (by the school clock) will be considered
late and charged a late pickup fee of $1.00 per minute for each child being
picked up. This is a Cobb County School District policy and cannot be
pardoned.
Payment should be made out to DOWELL
ASP and put in the ASP safe located just outside the Media Center doors.
Students
will not be allowed to attend ASP unless they are
prepaid. This will be
strictly enforced per Cobb County policy. Please have your student’s name
and teacher on the payment envelope, envelopes available at the ASP desk or
front office.
Only people designated on the registration form will be allowed to pick up
students. Identification will be
required for all pick-ups. Your child must be signed out at the desk
every day.
It is very important that contact information
(email addresses and phone numbers) are accurate and up to date,
so please notify us of any changes throughout the year.
The After-School Program is a privilege and students are expected to behave
properly. The same behavior expectations apply in the After-School Program
as during the regular school day. Inappropriate behavior may result in
suspension or withdrawal of a student.
Students may also be suspended or
withdrawn from the After-School Program for the following reasons:
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Excessive late pick-up
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Discipline problems
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Nonpayment of tuition and/or late pick-up fees
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Uncooperative parents
If school closes because of inclement weather or any other reasons, the
After-School Program will also close. In this case, instructions will be
followed from the inclement weather form given to the student’s homeroom
teacher.
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ASP STAFF:
Director: Glenda White (glenda.white@cobbk12.org)
Account Clerk: Aundrea Davis (aundrea.davis@cobbk12.org)
Donna Flurry: Bookkeeper (donna.flurry@cobbk12.org)
If you have questions about your account, please email Ms. Flurry or Ms.
Davis
or call 678-594-8059, ext. 238 to speak with Ms. Flurry or Ms. Davis.
* Please do not send transportation changes to these email address.
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For questions concerning ASP, please contact us at:
678-594-8059
DAILY FEES—“Pay
Before You Stay”
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The prepaid fee
is $7.00 per child per day. Please read the “DELINQUENT PAYMENT” section
below so you understand the procedure that will be followed to keep
accounts paid in advance.
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Payments are accepted daily and balances will carry over if your child
does not attend ASP.
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The full fee of $7 is charged to all students who are present when
attendance is taken, regardless of how long a student stays each day.
Please refer to #5 on form FS-393.
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Payments of cash, personal check, money order, or online credit/debit
card payment (through MyPaymentsPlus accounts) are accepted until Spring
Break.
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After Spring Break,
only cash, money order, or online credit/debit card payments through
MyPaymentsPlus will be accepted.
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ASP checks should
be made payable to “Dowell ASP”. If your child has a different
last name, please put their first and last name on the check so that
funds are credited appropriately.
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DO NOT include payment for any other school items/services (i.e., lunch
money) with your ASP tuition. We also CANNOT make change.
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To insure proper credit, please use brown ASP envelopes for all ASP
payments, which are available at the ASP desk.
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You may pay for multiple children using one envelope. Unless you
indicate otherwise, the payment will be evenly split between the
children.
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To create a MyPaymentsPlus account to pay online, click the link on the
Dowell website or go to www.MyPaymentsPlus.com.
Click, “Register a Free account” and follow the simple on screen
instructions. You will need your child’s student ID number. Your child's
ASP account will not show up immediately if they are new to ASP--it will
be created overnight after the first time they stay in ASP. Then the ASP
"shopping cart" (payment screen) will show on screen the next day. Click
here for a screen shot of My Payments Plus
RETURNED CHECKS
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If your check is returned once, only cash, money order, or online
payments will be accepted for your child’s account.
DELINQUENT PAYMENTS
Because ASP is a
“pre-pay”
(pay BEFORE you stay) program,
an account becomes delinquent any time payment
is not received in advance of a
child staying in ASP. If the balances are not kept current, your child will
be suspended from ASP.
The procedure for collecting on delinquent accounts is:
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If your account gets behind by any amount, you will be alerted by a
phone call or email that the account is past due and
that your child is not able to stay in ASP
until payment is made in full.
A note will also be written on the sign-out sheets. If the balance in
not paid, your child will not be allowed to stay in ASP.
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If your child’s account repeatedly becomes delinquent, we will evaluate
the need for a longer-term suspension from the program.
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Paying online
eliminates the worry of delinquent payments, and it eliminates
remembering to write checks. If you make an online payment to clear your
late balances, please forward your confirmation email that shows your
child’s name, amount paid and the confirmation number to donna.flurry@cobbk12.org
or
aundrea.davis@cobbk12.org so
that we know payment is pending and you do not receive an unnecessary
email or telephone call. The payment will batch overnight and show in
our system the next day.
UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR
Our ASP staff works very hard to maintain a safe environment for your
children. A big part of this is done by
enforcing the ASP rules with
consistency and understanding. Some infractions for which your child may
receive an official write-up are:
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Physical contact (fighting, pushing, hurting another child)
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Disrespect to staff members
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Disobeying staff members (not following rules or directions)
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Throwing rocks, sticks, dirt, pine cones, etc.
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Inappropriate language-swearing
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Defacing and/or destroying school or peer’s property
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Leaving a supervised area without permission
The following consequences will be implemented if ASP rules are not
followed:
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First Write-Up:
The Director or ASP Desk Worker will contact parent about the offense
committed. Depending on the severity of the offense, your child may be
suspended for one to several days.
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Second Write-Up:
Same as #1.
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Third Write-Up:
Same as #1 and #2, but in addition, the child will be suspended from the
program.
Our goal is to make your child’s stay in ASP a positive and rewarding
experience. Please discuss the above behaviors and consequences with your
child or children as we are requesting your support and cooperation in
helping us maintain an environment where your children feel safe.
Please know that ASP has the
right to dismiss a child from ASP permanently if he or she
consistently engages in behaviors that violate school rules and policies.
If you have any additional questions about the program, please let us know.
Glenda White
ASP Director, Dowell After School Program
Download the ASP Registration Form Now!
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