Snow Closing Tomorrow, Parent Challenging Me...Advice Please?

[melilley]

Tell her the same sub she didn't approve of last week will be in to sub for your assistant tomorrow

:: I was thinking the same thing!

[Play Care]

I close in a state of emergency. Simply because if there IS an emergency, it will take a LONG time to get emergency services (police/fire/ambulance) or parent pick ups in case of power outage.

op- if it's in your contract that you close when schools close, I would close (not early, just close) and leave it at that. It always goes back to contract.

This is my policy as well. The year I opened we had the Valentines Day storm. I had one dck come in, start vomiting and no one could come get her. That was my ah-ha moment. It's not enough for them to get to me, they have to be able to pick up on time as well

[itlw8]

I guess I am perplexed at the you are closing at 11:30. Does another family arrive then that puts you over ratio? Why wouldn't you simply tell that family they cannot come that day instead of closing?
I have 3 families that share spots (long complicated explanation, they all have 2 kids. One family needs tues and wed this year. One family dad does shift work so generally 3-4 days per week. Last family originally was around tue/ wed family and grandma takes them but with shift family now they generally get 4 days just rotates day off between the tues and wed) Now, in my brain I have a hierarchy of who gets which spots. I have the one family that I will tell sorry I can't have them on _________ this week. Do you have a plan if the assistant is sick? Do you cancel totally or take part of them? Do you refund if you close?
I guess that is what puzzles me. How would closing at 11:30 work for any of your parents? And did they all realize that was the senerio when they signed on. "If my assistant can't make it here, then I will cancel care mid day"
Not trying to "stir the pot" just a little befuddled on how that works.

I was wondering that also as the roads should be getting better by then... but then if the child come is at noon then that makes sense the assistant comes for her child. But is someone else stayed home in the morning there would be room ??? I can see where it would be confusing to a parent come in the morning but you will have to leave before noon . I would ask why also.

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

Snow levels- I have a mother that is a Level 3 emergency employee so she would still have to go to work. Generally, her dh would stay home. But, if I had her and if the weather got too bad for her to come get her, I would keep her.. at least until I could take her the 2 blocks to Grandma's house
At level 2 most of my parents keep their kidlets home if at all possible.

[itlw8]

We are hearty here in the Midwest. We almost never have late starts here for snow and by the end of winter we will have piles so tall you can't see around the corners. The kids are already loving the snow hill the plows make when they clear the school parking lot.

funny those if us here
in the Mid west think you are Northern states LOL

[MCC]

I was wondering that also as the roads should be getting better by then... but then if the child come is at noon then that makes sense the assistant comes for her child. But is someone else stayed home in the morning there would be room ??? I can see where it would be confusing to a parent come in the morning but you will have to leave before noon . I would ask why also.

My husband is here until 11:30, and then has to be in school. His school only delayed 2 hours, so he still had to be in.

I offered to stay open until 11:30 b/c parents can run in and grab what they need to work from home. All of my parents are able to work from home if need be.

I was going to just say "I need one person to stay home, any volunteers? But if no one offered, then I would have had to pick.