This is why the first ten days of care are a trial period for me, where either the parents or I can terminate immediately. This gives the provider a chance to get to know the kids and the parents, and the kids a chance to settle in to the new routine, rules, etc, or not. And if big problems (and these sound like pretty big problems!) crop up, there's no waiting period on the termination.

Sounds like you do need to terminate due to behavioral issues, as well as the school issue. And maybe update your contract to include a trial period. I do ten days to give my part-timers an equal chance to settle in as my full-timers--it's the first actual ten days that care is provided, so if they only come three days a week it's like three weeks and a bit.

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