I would feel terrible leaving my 4 current families though. I don't have any teacher's children right now so all 4 families would likely need to leave for another provider. It is VERY tempting though lol. I am near 3 elementary schools and really, it only takes 15 mins to get anywhere in my city and there are about 8-9 elementary schools in town and 3 within the area that have many teachers who commute. I just have a fear of not filling spaces fast enough when openings do arise. 2 months a year without income is also a bit of a problem but I would just raise my daily fee a bit to compensate. The fact that they wouldn't have to pay for 2 months would make up for that higher daily rate. I know of one other hdcp who does this so it is possible but I don't know her finances of course!

Ugh, talking about it makes me me want it 10x worse!! I did have a teacher email me today who needs care for 2016 so I'd have at least one client!!! LOL