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Registration for Brookfield’s before- and after-school care program, STARS, is open for the upcoming school year. | Courtesy of the Village of Brookfield

Brookfield has opened registration for STARS, its before- and after-school care program, for the upcoming school year.

Short for Students Together in an Active Recreation Setting, the program allows parents to drop off their elementary students early or pick them up late for a monthly fee. The schools will watch enrolled students from 6:30 a.m. until school starts and from when school ends until 6 p.m.

For students at Brook Park Elementary School in Brookfield-La Grange Park School District 95, the program takes place at Brookfield’s village hall. Transportation between STARS and the school is provided as part of the program.

For students in Lyons-Brookfield Elementary School District 103, the program takes place at each elementary school.

This year, there is a $125 registration fee due at the time of enrollment. Monthly prices for the program vary depending on when in the day and how many times per week a family needs to use it, from $75 for three days of before-school care to $270 for five days of both before- and after-school care.

For more information or to register your student for STARS, contact Youth, Athletic and STARS Recreation Supervisor Nick Magro at nmagro@brookfield.gov or (708) 485-1528.

Stella Brown is a 2023 graduate from Northwestern University, where she was the editor-in-chief of campus magazine North by Northwestern. Stella previously interned at The Texas Tribune, where she covered...