In my experience that is a very standard policy.
"No food from home. Breakfast is served from **** to ****. Arrivals after this time will have to wait until AM snack at ****."
It will also follow you all through the school years.....
Most daycares/schools are on a federal food program that requires them to offer healthy
balanced meals that are
approved through their CCR&R. I do know a granola bar would never be an approved meal and could cause issues and fines for the center.
What does your contract say?
IMHO, The bigger problem here is that they allowed it to go on for so long. Inconsistent enforcement of policies is one of the greatest problems in daycare. I am willing to bet they were following the new guidelines after the latest monitoring visit showed they were still allowing parents to bring in treat foods.
The new Government Nutrition Rules are stringent...you should see the menu changes our local Public Schools are having to make.
Our cost went up $.75 a day for lunch and $.30 for breakfast to meet the cost of fresh fruit, whole grain breads and side salads everyday.
(The teachers cost is nearly $5 a day...I think they will be brown bagging...
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