Mat. leave, when to fill or save the spot ?

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I would base a lot on the group I have and when I know some are leaving and especially if you are looking at September. I almost always have at least one leaving to start JK so if I knew that then I could tell the parent ok you may have child xxx space when they leave and pencil them in accordingly.

But if I didn't have anyone leaving for sure then I would just tell the family I can't guarantee a space and no I would not hold an open space for a year because that is too much lost income and still no for sure they will take the space in a year because a lot can happen in their family too.