Well...the inteview went ahead as scheduled. She even called to confirm 45min prior. Went really well. She loved my program, my set up and felt that we were a good fit. Said that she interviewed 3 other daycares and is very happy to put her daughter in my care. She is signing my contract and papers and bringing them on Thursday when her daughter starts.
But.... I still need to keep looking as she only needs 3 days a week and is waiting for subsidy down the road. Sigh. Was hoping to have a little one long term until they started JK.
So at least with her and my other drop in once a week client I have technically 4 spots full. And I'm charging her a slightly higher rate per day as she is part time.
Something sounded a little off though. I asked her why she is leaving her current daycare provider (whom she referred to as the dreaded "B" word...Yup. Babysitter) I corrected her quickly on the MAST differences. She said that one of the children passed away at the daycare. They don't know the cause but that she just pulled her daughter as they were'nt a "good fit". Ummm.. at that point I don't think being a good "fit" is the serious real issue KWIM?
Anyway...hopefully the next 2 weeks will go well and we can continue our business arrangement. Otherwise, it's in my contract that within 2 weeks either one of us can walk away if it's not working.