Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
The group you will get looking over the summer are the ones not willing to pay anything for the summer while they are off and instead just find a new provider for the following school year so expect to sign them to a Sept to June contract.
Although this appears logical, it has not been my experience.

I have 3 teachers kids now. I've normally had a least one parent a teacher always. My client pay for care over summer, March Break, Christmas and they can attend if they want. Sometimes they attend x days a week over summer, sometimes they have some week off and some week here. Sometime they have shorter day in summer with later drop and earlier pick up. I have NEVER had a teacher leave over summer to avoid fees but I explain up front, at interview, that if they want a place here, then they pay year round.

The only time I did have someone leave in mid May and hope to come back in Sept was when one parent in school not a teacher and since they not be honest about that when they joined in Jan., I would not have had them back even if the spot had still been open.