In my own experience I've found teachers to be much like that ~ so much so that when I find out on email and or by phone that they are teachers I tell them up front that I can't accomidate their needs of summer/christmas holidays off and give them names of providers that do in my area.

((Hugs)) nothing worse than having to deal with that but Valerie has a point, if others were better than she would have gone with them.
I think you'll find that with September coming up- more parents are looking as they are typically on vacation right now and will do the last minute scramble soon
I moved a year ago come the end of this month and found starting up in a new town was almost the same as starting up when I first opened. Many MANY home daycare's in my area ....almost every other house is a stay home Mom offering daycare at cheaper rates ( no offense intended to you stay home moms plse ) I had to establish myself again and build up a reputation and get my name out there as most were refering to each other and I wasn't getting any bites either.
Stay strong..your not a nazi ~ you just had a run in with one