I don't offer full or part time but instead offer 3, 4 and 5 day a week options.

I am allowed 12-14 kids max so I have 12-14 spaces.

Each space is:

filled 5 full days (even an hour in care is billed at a full day)

or

filled 4 full days (with a bit higher daily rate than 5 days...so the loss financially of one day isn't much and having one day with one less kid is nice!)

or

filled 3 days (same 3 days M,W,F) with a MUCH higher daily rate than 4 or 5 day options.

If a family needs access to 3 different days each week then they pay a full week rate for that access since my rates are based on enrollment (3,4 or 5 days) not on attendance or time actually used.

Doing it this way eliminated the need to juggle so many part time schedules and also figuring out how to juggle so many parents that didn't always follow their own written schedules or those that needed to add or subtract a day here and there.

Now I just say "Parents can choose 3, 4 or 5 days a week" and leave it at that.

So much simpler on my part.

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