Before & After Care

CENTER STREET CAMPUS K4-8TH BEFORE & AFTERCARE - FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR

This page covers the Before & Aftercare options for the Center Street Campus.  If you are looking for options for the North Avenue or Karl J. Schlueter campuses, please go to those pages.

K3 BEFORE & AFTERCARE

K3 Before Care

• There is no cost for the use of K3 before care.  Hourly Billing starts at 8:00am. 
• K3 Before Care operates from 7:30am to 8:00am, Monday - Friday in your child’s classroom.  Breakfast will be served from 7:30-7:50am.  We recommend all students being dropped off by 7:45am.  
• K3 Before care is ONLY offered at the Center Street Campus (2669 N Richards)

K3 Aftercare

• Serves: K3
• Dates: Monday - Friday, starting August 13, 2025, and ending on May 21, 2026.  Does not run during school breaks.
• Hours: 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Cost: $7 per hour, per student.  Wisconsin Shares MAY be used for this expense.
• Account balances must remain at or below $100 to continue use of Aftercare services on an ongoing basis.  
• Parents will be billed through their St. Marcus account on a bi-weekly basis via email after aftercare is used.  Please keep an active email address on file in order to receive invoices and stay current on payments.
• Late Pickup:
  • After 5:00 p.m. the charge is $1 per minute, per child, until 6:00 p.m.  Note: Whenever there is no aftercare (i.e. school is dismissing early for a break), late pickup charges will be $1 per minute per child 30 minutes after the scheduled school dismissal time.
  • 1st Late Pick-Up -  Verbal Communication from an aftercare worker or administrator.
  • 2nd Late Pick-Up - Written (email) warning from an aftercare worker or administrator.
  • 3rd Late Pick-Up -  Loss of Aftercare Privileges at STM (for remainder of the school year) and possible suspension for continued late pick-ups.
• Students who are signed up for aftercare do not need to attend every day.
• Children picked up after 5:00 p.m. or children using aftercare who are on the “no-aftercare list” will be referred to an administrator.
• Students on the “no-aftercare list” for any reason, including unpaid bills, who are picked up more than 15 minutes after the students' regular pick up time may be suspended the following school day for late pickup.
• Siblings of students who are staying on-site for sports must be picked up at dismissal time or be signed up for aftercare.  Siblings may not stay on site during a sibling’s sports practice.
• Register for K3 Aftercare
  
  

Parents must have a zero balance to be approved to start Before and After Care services.  If a student is registered and the account is not at $0, the student will be placed on the waiting list until the account reaches $0.  At which time the students may be placed on the accepted list if there is room available.

After the start of the school year, account balances must remain at or below $100 to continue use of Before & Aftercare services on an ongoing basis.  All rules regarding balances apply to the current and past school years.

• Cost: $2 daily charge per student, maximum $4/day per family.  Wisconsin Shares may NOT be used for this expense.
• Before Care operates from 7:00am to 7:30am, Monday - Friday with students being dropped off between 7:00 - 7:20am.  After 7:20am students must wait in their vehicles and enter the building at 7:30am with all other students.

• Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Students must be registered & accepted into the Before Care program in order to be dropped off.
• Account balances will be reviewed and if all criteria are met, acceptance letters will be sent and will include drop-off details.
• CSC BEFORE CARE IS FULL.

After Care

After Care services are specific to each campus.  Before registering, please carefully review the options below and register for only 1 program. 

• Students who are registered for off-site aftercare MAY NOT attend on-site aftercare unless COA or BGC are closed for the day.  
• On-site aftercare has limited capacity and is only for students who have been enrolled in the program.
•  NOTE: If a student is removed from any one of the programs listed below for behavioral reasons, they will not be allowed to join one of the remaining programs.

• Serves: Grades K4 - 8th
• Dates: Monday - Friday, starting August 13, 2025, and ending on May 21, 2026.  Does not run during school breaks.
• Hours: 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Cost: $5 daily charge per student, maximum $10/day per family. Wisconsin Shares may NOT be used for this expense.
• See Account Balances for Before Care and Aftercare rules above
• Parents will be billed through their St. Marcus account on a monthly basis via email.  Please keep an active email address on file in order to receive invoices and stay current on payments.
• Late Pickup:
  • After 5:00 p.m. the charge is $1 per minute, per child, until 6:00 p.m.  Note: Whenever there is no aftercare (i.e. school is dismissing early for a break), late pickup charges will be $1 per minute per child 30 minutes after the scheduled school dismissal time.
  • 1st Late Pick-Up -  Verbal Communication from an aftercare worker or administrator.
  • 2nd Late Pick-Up - Written (email) warning from an aftercare worker or administrator.
  • 3rd Late Pick-Up -  Loss of Aftercare Privileges at STM (for remainder of the school year) and possible suspension for continued late pick-ups.
• Students who are signed up for aftercare do not need to attend every day.
• Students who are signed up for aftercare and are in sports or clubs may attend aftercare some days and participate in their sport on other days.
• Children picked up after 5:00 p.m. or children using aftercare who are on the “no-aftercare list” will be referred to an administrator.
• Students on the “no-aftercare list” for any reason, including unpaid bills, who are picked up more than 15 minutes after the students' regular pick up time may be suspended the following school day for late pickup.
• Siblings of students who are staying on-site for sports must be picked up at dismissal time or be signed up for aftercare.  Siblings may not stay on site during a sibling’s sports practice.
• CSC Aftercare is FULL.
  

Option 3: COA Youth & Family Services, Riverwest

• Seats are limited and priority goes to families that have been enrolled at COA in previous years.  After that it is on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Serves: Ages 4-12
• Hours: After school to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
• Dates: Services begin on September 2, 2025.  From the start of school until then, students enrolled at COA will be provided with on site After Care at St. Marcus.
• Cost: Contact COA
• Schedule: COA traditionally follows the Milwaukee Public School calendar, however, they are closed between Christmas and New Years with exact dates announced by mid September.  When COA is closed & St. Marcus is in session, students may attend the St. Marcus Aftercare.
• Transportation: The St. Marcus bus takes students from St. Marcus to COA.  However, parents are required to pick up students from the COA Riverwest facility located at 909 E. Garfield Ave.
• Contact Debbie: dwright@coa-yfc.org | 414-263-8383 for registration.
  

Option 4: Boys and Girls Club (BGC)

• Seats are limited (30) and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Serves: K4-8th
• Hours: After school - 6:00pm, Monday through Friday.
• Dates: Services begin on September 8th.  From the start of school until then, students enrolled in BGC will be provided with on site After Care at St. Marcus.
• Cost: See details.  Wisconsin Shares may be used and includes dinner depending on time the student is picked up from BGC.
• NOTE: BGC services follow the Milwaukee Public School calendar.  Please make note of this as the St. Marcus holiday and school closures do not align with MPS.
• Transportation: The St. Marcus bus takes students from St. Marcus to BGC.  However, parents are required to pick up students from the BGC Pieper-Hillside facility located at BGC 611 W Cherry St.
• Contact the Pieper-Hillside Club at 414-291-0347 (611 W Cherry St) for questions about the club or registration.