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[wahmof3]

how many hours are included with your price?

example i allow 9.5 hours at $50.00 per day anything after that is billed at $7.00 an hour

I don't have specific hours in my price. We figure work hours plus commute time & thats how we determine the contracted hours. When we met she said school is from 7:30a-2:15pm so care needed is 7a-2:30pm. So that's the space I have held for dcg.

My contract spells out how contracted hours are figured & there is a fee for every 15 minutes late.

[wdmmom]

Yes and No

Either remind her of the contract hours and the hours you agreed to.

You can either:

A.) Tell her that you have another child filling the spot when your child leaves at 2:30pm so you are unable to work any longer than that.

Or

B.) Charge her $1.00 per minute. Bet she'll be there by 2:30pm everyday! ::::

[Nellie]

Silly question but......If she got done with school at 3:15 and you figured 15 mins for commute would her rate she is paying be the same or more?

[wahmof3]

Silly question but......If she got done with school at 3:15 and you figured 15 mins for commute would her rate she is paying be the same or more?

I wouldn't have been able to enroll dcg due to the overlap.

With that aside: If she was done at 315 w/ 15m commute- she would go in later so yes her fee would be the same.

[familyschoolcare]

I wouldn't have been able to enroll dcg due to the overlap.

There is your answer tell mom you did not realize that she would sometimes need care after 2:30 AND you DO NOT have room for the child at that time. esp. if this is the truth.

[Meyou]

From reading this thread I think you need to be wary of this mama and not make any exceptions to your rules at all. She hasn't even started yet and she's changing things and asking for favors. The only way to go is to follow your contract to the letter and not give her anything extra. I really have a feeling she's one of the "I want special" all the time mamas.

[Cat Herder]

Red flags on the play.....

[TBird]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....I don't entertain adults and you can't "hang out" here for hours on end. It's a disruption, the kids will be off the wall, and her "little angel" would turn into a "Mommy's here" HELLION!!!

I'm sorry, but that's a recipe for disaster IMHO.

[Meyou]

Red flags on the play.....

Totally! ::

[wahmof3]

nip it

Update: I emailed the dcm back & brought up my concerns & referenced my policies. Basically letting her know that I run my business not my dcp

My money says she won't be here monday

[daycare]

Update: I emailed the dcm back & brought up my concerns & referenced my policies. Basically letting her know that I run my business not my dcp

My money says she won't be here monday

hey better you found out now than deal with a major headace later......

sorry to hear this but happy for you at the same time....

Dodged a bullet....

[wahmof3]

hmmmm

So she will not be coming on Monday.

She is officially supposed to start the end of the month. She just needed Monday as a drop-in favor.

We will see.

I think I am going to pray about it over the weekend. My bank account is saying yes you need her, but my gut is saying no way.

[Christian Mother]

Teacher schedules can be really tricky. One of my teacher families just started with a new school this yr 30 min away from where we both live. She needs to be at work by 7am so drop off for me is at 6:15am. The plus side is that school lets out at 2:30pm however, there are teacher meeting every week. We went from pick up at 3:30pm to renegotiating the contract to 4:15pm. That gives her 10 hrs of care each day at $25. Anything after that is $5 a hr. Mon. used to be meeting days so she would drop little guy off later around 7:15am and then pick up at 5:15pm but that switched to Tues. The first month of school was very hectic for everyone. She uncured $20 late fees that 2nd week of care. That is why we renegotiated her contract for longer hrs to help her out. The late fees where killing her. You have to also take in consideration that there are days school are closed that you may not need to care for her child not to mention the summer. You will have to plan out how you will do care during the summer time with teachers children. I normally always have my families son during the summers bc she also teaches during the summer. I do have to say things have gotten a lot better which her schedule and although meetings get switched around all the time, I can tell her and her husband are doing everything possible to be here on time and follow my rules. I really do love and appreciate that. You just have to be firm with her phb and stick to it. Only do what you can do.