I empathize hon ~ I had a client who was with me 3 years and when their child entered JK it was on that wonky 10 day rotating schedule where they basically need access to a full time spot because they come M/W/F one week and T/Th the next and she wanted to keep her child here but admitted she was 'torn' with paying for a full time space when she only needed care 50% of the time ... but I did not budge because as much as I might have had a bond with the kid or liked the client I was not willing to forgo 50% of my income for what would have been a TWO YEAR COMMITMENT for both JK and SK school years ~ seriously over the course it would have been over $8000 in lost income ~ that is a lot of money for ME to forgo to trying to be 'fair' to them in not paying for a service they do not need and I know that 'eventually' I would start to resent that .... I honestly see BOTH sides of the coin ~ childcare is expensive for families with children who need it specially ones needing 'school age care' cause that is even harder to find and for us forgoing income unless it benefits the program goals is just not prudent business practice so we do not want to 'offer' those services unless there is some benefit to us!

Now fortunately we were able to find a solution where the spot was shared between two children who were on 'alternate' schedules and the one client who would have been 'leaving' for school got to stay as they had grandma willing to take them for PD days and so forth when I could not take BOTH of them but she did not really want him ALL the non school days .... BOTH clients signed and agreed to a contract that stated they knew that if either of them pulled out of the commitment mid school year the OTHER would be on the hook for the full fees of the full time spot OR they would have to forfeit the spot and it would go to someone full time instead .... so we found a win win for everyone because they were willing to 'take that risk' to keep the child here under those conditions and I was willing to have the spot split into two part timers because I did not really want to start a wee one full time cause I like having only two kids under the age of 2

If it is not going to work for YOU I would not wait for them to 'decide' cause they could leaving you having until the end of August ... I just tell her that 'X is the fee I am willing to offer this service for and I need you to commit to a decision on the enclosed new contract for 'school age' services - I will take failure to sign and return the following contract by Y date as intent to terminate our current arrangement as of August 31st and start preparations to fill the spot with a new full time client for September 4th. If for some reason you choose to terminate services earlier than August 31st please remember that X days of written notice is required in order to apply your security deposit'

Or something like that where YOU have made it clear the conditions for care to continue service are and the deadline to commit to that are or their 'space' will be filled with someone else because they technically are 'terminating' your current contract by wanting to change the hours of care servicing is being provided and the fee for service being expected for that service ?