School teachers???

[KellyP]

I am open all year.

Someone else's seasonal, part year or sporadic employment has NOTHING to do with me.

I have a set number of spaces available. If they want a space, they pay for it. If they don't use it part of the year, that isn't my problem.

I am NOT a time share. I am a self-employed business owner who needs to eat ALL year, not just during the school year. I don't take school ager's to fill the gaps as I don't take school age children at all.

[sunnydays]

I am open all year.

Someone else's seasonal, part year or sporadic employment has NOTHING to do with me.

I have a set number of spaces available. If they want a space, they pay for it. If they don't use it part of the year, that isn't my problem.

I am NOT a time share. I am a self-employed business owner who needs to eat ALL year, not just during the school year. I don't take school ager's to fill the gaps as I don't take school age children at all.

This is exactly my view on it as well. I had a teacher family last year and they paid full fees year round to keep the spaces. They chose to send their kids to me much of the summer as well, but had they kept them home they still would have paid. While I am sure I would want to not pay during summer if I were a teacher, I cannot afford it on my end. I don't take school-agers either and don't plan to, so I need that steady income. If a teacher doesn't like this, they simply don't sign with me in the first place.

[MonkeyPrincess]

I think I may be in the minority here, but I don't mind teachers children. They don't come during the holidays or summers, which lightens my load a bit, and allows me to do things alone with my kids, because all my kids vacation at some point during the summer. On the flip side, In my experience, I have always picked up 'summer only' children that make up for the teachers kids who are off all summer, or who rescue their daycare to once/twice a week.

I know I run my business differently than many of you, I don't mind part time kids, as 5 full time kids is way too much for me. Doesn't leave much time for my own kids, who are still young (6 and 2.5). I don't mind kids off for the summer because I know someone else will fill their spot. I also don't mind older kids as it is someone for my older child to play with, and I don't mind before and after school kids. It's a bit more money for me without having too many kids here all day. But that's just me!