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It’s a little more complicated though, DCG4 is leaving for free prek and the dcf asked if I did before & after care. I stopped doing due to COVID and hadn’t planned on it. Plus this pre-K has different hours so at most I said I’d do before care. We discussed rates (mine are higher than the school, but they’re on subsidy so I told them to call subsidy and ask what they’d pay because the school b/a care isn’t covered by subsidy. I figured they should get a true apples to apples comparison.
Dcg tells us Monday that she’s not coming here anymore so I asked the parents and they text back that they decided to go with the school since it’s way cheaper, but confirm they haven’t officially confirmed with the school and haven’t decided 100%…. School starts in less than a week! I texted back that means Friday is dcg last day and unfortunately I can’t sit and wait any longer since we’re getting lots of inquiries for childcare. They’ve been discussing this since May.
so anyway, yesterday I was bummed since I was counting on the income and added a PT kid to end up making the same thing and I never would’ve taken a PT kid otherwise. But then I thought of the bright side and I’m glad. Taking dcg In the morning is another thing I’d have to worry about and the amount I’d make isn’t enough for the extra work. So I’m happy and figured that things happen for a reason and I’m happy because I didn’t want any school age kids anyway:
this is where it gets messy - I received their subsidy paperwork to fill out and they have dcg listed (they have 2 kids) . I emailed back to ask if I should just cross out dcg and keep infant on the form and dcf replies ‘to keep on dcg for the mornings and no school days’…. We briefly discussed no school days last month and I explained that I’d need to get a schedule ahead of time of what days they need and that I would not do all of them because it’s such a disruption to the group. Dcm said they’d find a camp or something and I said great.
now this is where im torn - I no longer want to do it. I feel bad, but honestly it’s way too much work and i didn’t realize how stressed it was making me until I felt the weight off my shoulder yesterday:
technically they Said they didn’t need me yesterday and are now flip flopping. How do I politely tell them this afternoon that I need to confirm that Friday is dcg last day and if they say ‘oh we decided to keep dcg with you for care & no school days’… how do I say ‘oh no, im sorry but after you said no yesterday, I had a moment to think about it and I no longer will offer before care or anything’.
thanks for reading and help!
It’s a little more complicated though, DCG4 is leaving for free prek and the dcf asked if I did before & after care. I stopped doing due to COVID and hadn’t planned on it. Plus this pre-K has different hours so at most I said I’d do before care. We discussed rates (mine are higher than the school, but they’re on subsidy so I told them to call subsidy and ask what they’d pay because the school b/a care isn’t covered by subsidy. I figured they should get a true apples to apples comparison.
Dcg tells us Monday that she’s not coming here anymore so I asked the parents and they text back that they decided to go with the school since it’s way cheaper, but confirm they haven’t officially confirmed with the school and haven’t decided 100%…. School starts in less than a week! I texted back that means Friday is dcg last day and unfortunately I can’t sit and wait any longer since we’re getting lots of inquiries for childcare. They’ve been discussing this since May.
so anyway, yesterday I was bummed since I was counting on the income and added a PT kid to end up making the same thing and I never would’ve taken a PT kid otherwise. But then I thought of the bright side and I’m glad. Taking dcg In the morning is another thing I’d have to worry about and the amount I’d make isn’t enough for the extra work. So I’m happy and figured that things happen for a reason and I’m happy because I didn’t want any school age kids anyway:
this is where it gets messy - I received their subsidy paperwork to fill out and they have dcg listed (they have 2 kids) . I emailed back to ask if I should just cross out dcg and keep infant on the form and dcf replies ‘to keep on dcg for the mornings and no school days’…. We briefly discussed no school days last month and I explained that I’d need to get a schedule ahead of time of what days they need and that I would not do all of them because it’s such a disruption to the group. Dcm said they’d find a camp or something and I said great.
now this is where im torn - I no longer want to do it. I feel bad, but honestly it’s way too much work and i didn’t realize how stressed it was making me until I felt the weight off my shoulder yesterday:
technically they Said they didn’t need me yesterday and are now flip flopping. How do I politely tell them this afternoon that I need to confirm that Friday is dcg last day and if they say ‘oh we decided to keep dcg with you for care & no school days’… how do I say ‘oh no, im sorry but after you said no yesterday, I had a moment to think about it and I no longer will offer before care or anything’.
thanks for reading and help!
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