Snow Days and School Closings

[lmdc]

hi =) just curious how everyone charges (or if you charge extra) for snow days/school closings/half days, etc for school aged kids...

thanks in advance!

[Unregistered]

snow days payment

Hi! I charge the same here in Iowa. If they have snow days, sick days, etc.....

[lmdc]

by saying you charge the same, do you mean that you don't charge extra for snow days, school closings and just consider it included in the regular weekly fee?

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

I'm newly registered and I just made up my contract recently and I decided to charge a little extra for those snow days/vacation days. I charge what I would charge them on a full day during the summer. So basically I take their normal weekly rate and figure out how much extra they need to pay me to equal that daily rate.

Example (this was based on 2 kids)..If they pay me $30/day in the summer and their before/after school care is $90/week ($18/day)..they owe me an extra $12/day for any days they are here a full day during school months.

[Chickenhauler]

I'm newly registered and I just made up my contract recently and I decided to charge a little extra for those snow days/vacation days. I charge what I would charge them on a full day during the summer. So basically I take their normal weekly rate and figure out how much extra they need to pay me to equal that daily rate.

Example (this was based on 2 kids)..If they pay me $30/day in the summer and their before/after school care is $90/week ($18/day)..they owe me an extra $12/day for any days they are here a full day during school months.

That sounds like a fair, workable rate schedule for all involved....very hard for a parent to argue with that.

[mac60]

For school age kids, if they are here due to a snow day, holiday closing, yes, I charge $10 more per day. So it is $17 per day. Never to exceed my regular fulltime rate though.

[lmdc]

thanks! i like the idea of the flat $10 a day for snow days, school closings, etc...nice and simple. i currently don't have anything written in my policies (i'm still kind of a newbie and haven't really had to deal with this yet) but will have to add this in.

[tinytotzdaycare]

in iowa

we charge $5 per day b/a school and $10 per day on all non school days including summer for school age kids.

[tymaboy]

My families only pay if they are here (or holidays) snow days if they are here 3 hours they pay for 3 hours if they are here 9 hours they pay for 9 hours. I have 2 families that are teachers so if there is a snow day those kids wont be coming for the day but if by some chance there is a water main break the kids get out of school but the teachers still need to work then I would have the kids all day. All I ask is that they call & let me know if the child is coming or not.

[GretasLittleFriends]

I charge hourly, so my school aged kids are $2/hr for the hours that they're here. No school days I get paid more for them...

If I were to charge a flat rate, I would definitely have a clause in my contract that would increase the rate for non-school days for school aged children. The equation that My4SunshineGirlsNY had made perfect sense, and I'd probably figure it out a similar way.

[Unregistered]

If the children have no school due to snow days then they pay for the day as they normally would for a regular no school day, so if they are here a full day they would be charged the rate for a full day.

[Unregistered]

daycare snow days etc.

I charge whatever the difference is- if they are here only in the am and after school, then if they don't have school, I just charge them $15.00 more, that is my fullday rate fee beyond what they already pay for before and after school, which is $60.00 a week.

[jen]

I just build it in to the regular cost of weekly school-aged care...

For example, I charge $75/week for after-school care (2:30 to 5:30) which is a bit higher than the average in my area, but I include snow days. During the summer months I charge $135 for all ages.

[laundryduchess@yahoo.com]

I consider schoolagers on a before after school arrangement to be hourly,.. I have a 10 hour minimum per week,.. anything over 10 is 3 per hour. so if they are here 11 hours on a day school is closed, I get 33 extra for that day.

[momma2girls]

SO what are your rates for before and after school. I know some around where I live do an hrly. rate and some do weekly. I have a weekly rate of $50.00/wk. that is for before and after school.