How To Word Handbook Re: Pick Up Times

[KSDC]

So, one of my biggest annoyances has been parents that are contracted until 5:00. They pull up to my house at 5:00 and then want to spend another 15 minutes visiting and trying to get little "Johhny" into the car.

I always have to put a stop to this with a conversation after the fact. I want to put something in my handbook to address it before care starts. But, I am having difficulty finding the right phrasing. Help?

[Blackcat31]

So, one of my biggest annoyances has been parents that are contracted until 5:00. They pull up to my house at 5:00 and then want to spend another 15 minutes visiting and trying to get little "Johhny" into the car.

I always have to put a stop to this with a conversation after the fact. I want to put something in my handbook to address it before care starts. But, I am having difficulty finding the right phrasing. Help?

I sent this notice out to parents when I switched to contracted times:


Often times parents will take a moment to chat during pick up time. This practice is welcome and acceptable provided you arrive early enough to have signed out and have physically left the child care grounds NO LATER than your contracted time.

Anyone present after their contracted pick up time will be assessed a late fee as I am still liable until the child and parent are no longer physically on the property.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

[AmyKidsCo]

- Amy & Kids Co. closes promptly at 5:00 p.m. Please plan ahead so you can arrive in time to have your child ready to leave by closing time. If you are unavoidably delayed please let me know so I can let your child know when to expect you, and keep him/her from worrying about you.
- If a child is not picked up by the center’s closing time of 5:00 p.m. without previous notification the parents will be called. If a parent cannot be reached I will assume an emergency exists and the emergency contact person/s listed on the child’s Enrollment Form will be called. If parents and emergency contacts cannot be reached and the child is still in care at 6:00 p.m., I will call social services and arrange for the child to be picked up. A fee will be charged per call for this service; overtime fees and other fees may also apply.
-Parents arriving after the center’s closing time of 5:00 p.m. may be charged a late fee; refer to the Tuition and Fees section of the Parent Handbook for more details. Late arrivals need to pick-up and depart as promptly as possible.
-If a child is picked up late without prior arrangements more than three times in a one-month period child care services may be discontinued. Disregard for the center’s closing time is cause for immediate termination of child care services.

[KSDC]

Thanks BC! As usual, you had exactly words I needed!