Originally Posted by daycarediva:
When you start your maternity leave, I would email her then to let her know she wouldn't have a space in fall due to program restructuring (number of children, hours, ages, include it all if you feel like she will attempt to negotiate).
I feel like providers are made to feel guilty when making changes to their programs. And we think we are being nice by giving more notice than we are contractually obligated to.
Having fallen for that
, I can say all it does it make for a very long, uncomfortable few months (or however long the period is).
Unless you are only giving them two week NOW, I wouldn't do it before you were originally planning.
You can even say "the new baby has brought more changes than I planned on" etc. Most people are somewhat understanding that adding a new baby to the mix can change things.