Kids school schedule doesn't match work schedule - anyone else?

School's 8:30-2:45, my hours are 8-5. Daycare for the gap costs almost as much as school. My 2nd grader just sits in aftercare for 2+ hours 4 days a week doing... nothing mostly.

It's so inefficient. We're paying for school + care + my commute gas + work clothes. Would we honestly be worse off if one of us just worked part-time? How do people actually make this math work?