Originally Posted by Jazzii:
Our hours are the single greatest factor in our income. Despite doing the food program we have to cover 1 additional meal and 1 additional snack, we have a lot of part time parents BUT and here it is: It's easier for me to tell you when we closed....
We are licensed for 12 + 4 school agers but have a lot of odd ball schedules our kids schedules are:
Kid 1: 6:00-5:30 (M-F)
Kid 2: 7:30-4:30 (M-F)
Kid 3: 8:30-5:30 (MWF)
Kid 4: 7:30-5:30 (MWF)
Kid 5: 10:00-6:30/ 2:00-11:00 (T/ W-F)
Kid 6 and 7: 7:30-4:30 (Any 3 days except W)
Kid 8: 7:30-5:30 (M-T,TH)
Kid 9: 9:00-5:30 (M, W-F)
Kid 10: 8:30-5:30 (T-F)
Kid 11: 6:00-5:00/ 12:30-5:30 (M/ T-TH)
Kid 12,13,14: 3:00-10:30/ FLEX 10 Hr day (F/ Saturday-Sunday)
Kid 15/16: 8:00-8:00 (Saturday)
With such long and extended hours we are able to register far more kids than most home sites.
And 4 before school kids and 2 after school. School agers alone are 300$ weekly- assuming there are no days off if there are and the kids need care there is an added charge. The 2 flex children are 260$ weekly, the 3 are covered by DSS- appx 140 a day.
We have non-traditional hours and are the only daycare around the area open 7x a week- that has been, and continues to be our greatest selling point. Because of our hours we have a larger than your typical home daycare sized staff- which limits OT and such.
I used to have hours and schedules similar to this.
Many in my area still do.
However, I changed to contracted hours and stopped taking school aged kids and I now make MORE money working LESS hours.