I am beginning to field calls for spaces for Spring/Summer and will have an opening in July due to maternity leaves and child leaving to start JK. I have one in care who won't be two until next December.
I am leery to interview and sign up families only to find the final version of Bill 143 makes it impossible to do such as no more than 2 under 2. Is anyone holding off on the interviewing or final decisions. What are you telling prospective parents and what concerns do they have once they find out that they may have thought they secured a space in care only to be let go just before they need to start or worse just after starting.
For sure I am mentioning it to parents and telling them second reading is February and that I am not doing any interviewing until after that time. Ideally we might get a better sense of what MPs are thinking by then. I have some leeway anyways as two current families will eventually be sharing one space while on mat leave and they know I won't have room for all 4 kids next year anyways so we are all playing it by ear. I had debated about not filling the space but concerned that if the 2 under 2 rule comes into effect that it is better to get children into spaces sooner rather than later so they can get older faster just in case down the road I need to fill a space.