The Extended Day Programs in Brookline were among the first of their kind in the nation.
It was parents at the Driscoll School, mostly single heads of household, who first convinced the Brookline School Committee that the best place for high quality after-school child care was right inside the schools themselves. In 1972 the Driscoll and Devotion Schools opened Extended Day Programs; by the end of the decade every Brookline elementary school had one, each incorporated independently as a private, non-profit, parent-run corporation.
Today, this network of after-school centers is considered a model. We are visited each year by educators who wish to address similar needs in their own communities. We meet parents who have chosen to move to Brookline, not only because of the reputation of its schools, but also because they consider the Extended Day Programs indispensable. Of course, we like to be indispensable. However, we work very hard to be desirable as well.