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  • Brooksie
    Daycare.com Member
    • Oct 2012
    • 1315

    Personal Day

    How long in advance do you notify parents? I need to take off November 18th. originally I was going to have my sub cover the morning for me but I don't know how long its going to take, or the state I will be in when I return... I'll be having a custody conference for my daughter and her father is extremely difficult. I could also use the day to get some things done that I can't on the weekend. If I notify the tomorrow do you think that's reasonable? It will be one of my 5 paid personal days per year so I won't be discounting their tuition.
  • Cradle2crayons
    Daycare.com Member
    • Apr 2013
    • 3642

    #2
    Originally posted by Brooksie
    How long in advance do you notify parents? I need to take off November 18th. originally I was going to have my sub cover the morning for me but I don't know how long its going to take, or the state I will be in when I return... I'll be having a custody conference for my daughter and her father is extremely difficult. I could also use the day to get some things done that I can't on the weekend. If I notify the tomorrow do you think that's reasonable? It will be one of my 5 paid personal days per year so I won't be discounting their tuition.
    That's a two week notice. That sounds reasonable to me.

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    • Margarete
      Daycare.com Member
      • Jun 2013
      • 290

      #3
      2 weeks sounds pretty reasonable, does it say anything specific about notification time for personal days in your contract?

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      • nanglgrl
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 1700

        #4
        If she can't find back up care in 2 weeks she probably wouldn't be able to find it in 2 months, so I think that's fine.

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        • Rachel
          Daycare.com Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 605

          #5
          I also give a 2 week notice before taking my personal days.

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          • WImom
            Advanced Daycare.com Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 1639

            #6
            I'd say that is a good amount of notice.

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            • EntropyControlSpecialist
              Embracing the chaos.
              • Mar 2012
              • 7466

              #7
              If you need it, go for it. I always aim for ASAP but wouldn't give any less than 2 weeks if I needed to.

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              • melilley
                Daycare.com Member
                • Oct 2012
                • 5155

                #8
                A two week notice is fine to me, plus they should remember that you took that day off!

                I took a day off in Oct. I went to a concert on a Sunday and used a personal day for Mon. I gave my parents a 2 months notice. I put the day off in two separate newsletters and also mentioned it to most in person and I still had a parent look confused when I put up a note up on the door a week before, reminding them of the closure.

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