Soooo, one more thing:
If I do indeed provide "summer care" the parents will be paying the full fee for the months of July and August. The B/A fee only applies during school months, obviously. I have a trip to the US scheduled for mid July, and I will be gone about a week.
My contract stipulates that I have 10 paid working days during the calendar year, ie: vacation days.
I know that I don't plan on using them up before then, so TECHNICALLY, I am entitled to charge the entire monthly fee, for that month.
HOWEVER, I will not be filling these B/A spots this school year. I will be advertising in April or May, and any kids that start will be doing so July 1st. So do you think that people will be pissed if I am starting them that month and taking a week off, with pay?
I think I would be, LoL....
When I first started doing daycare, I opened up July 1st. We went away for a week that July, too. I prorated that months fees, because I didn't feel right about it. Especially since I knew upfront that I was only taking that family over the summer. They were done at the end of August.
What would you do?