hi Kathy, I am not ready for my daughter to be home to an empty home, luckily I work for a school dist and there are only 2 day where she will get home before me only for 1/2 . Hopefully my older will be home from work or BBC first. I have spoken to my neighbors and they will make sure she will be ok. Talk to your neighbors maybe they can help you and, maybe you could talk to other parents and work something out. Good luck. Not sure why you hit road blocks at the H/S I know when my older daughter was there they helped her peers with finding jobs.