Contract Hours

[mom-in-alberta]

I also charge by the "space" as opposed to the exact hours used. My hours are 7:30am to 5:30pm. For future families, I will be asking them to choose a 9 hour window, but I am not sure how that will pan out, truthfully.
I won't agree to early drop-off, as I need to get my kids ready for the day/school. I also don't do care after 5:30pm, because we are usually rushing off to some sort of extracurricular activity. However, if a parent is late, I give one warning and then charge a late fee based on each 15 min (or portion thereof) that the parent is late. If I found I was consistently charging that late fee, I would be terminating. I simply cannot provide care past closing.
If I understand your contract correctly; then personally I would say that "extended care" would apply to anything outside of the agreed upon 9 hour timeframe. If you find that a family is consistently staying longer than 8 hours (which was originally stated) but is within 9 hours, I would probably just ask if they would like to adjust their timeslot.