Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
For now, there seems to be enough need on all sides here to go around. Home daycares are full, centers are full. If anything it's the preschool classes within the school systems that have taken the hit a little bit. But then again, some of the centers are offering preschool now so that might be why.
It seems there are still so many parents in my area, that prefer a smaller home like environment for their children. Plus they realize how difficult it is to find care for school vacations if they don't pay for a year round spot.
It'd be truly sad to push home daycare right out of parents' options because well, so many parents don't like throwing their little ones into such large group settings.
The only places in our area that have many openings are *those* places that are only used as a last resort.
I think it's fair play, though. I don't understand how parents come and want the biggest and best for lowest cost and make complaints over minor things because they feel they can bully us. When it's free, they let the schools be children zoos. Unless they want to go private, they know to keep their mouth shut in the pubic schools. I think many parents are get their just desserts. Here, many of the families get kicked out of charter schools.