Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
Not a text. That's meant for things like come pick up dck, now. Or I don't have Jimmy's snowsuit. IMO Not for closing a dc. Email is better but why can't you hand them a letter when they pick up their child and just tell them to take it home and read it when they've got time. I suspect they might be expecting it because they must know you're moving? That's what I did, handed them a letter. Then we discussed it the next day when everyone had had time to digest the news. Then it got talked about for 2 months every time the parents met at the same time. 
Any way you do it, if you have a good relationship with your dcfs, it's not an easy thing to do and will undoubtedly, need that chit chat to help everyone come to terms with it. 
And honestly, because you're moving and starting over, it really doesn't need to be talked about a whole lot, except maybe to help them in their search for new dc. It's not as if you're terminating 1 or 2 dcfs. They're all going. KWIM?
I get what your saying. I just have parents that dont leave right away and the last time i handed out a letter, they all asked what it was and i ended up reading it for them. So the letter was pointless lol