I have a teacher schedule daycare, as it is is a great fit for my family. Where I get baffled is the school support staff interviews I have had. There are 10 weeks a year my clients do not have to pay. Works for me, and a pretty awesome deal for them I would think. The rest of the year is the typical if you are contracted for it, you need to pay whether your child is here or not.

I have had support staff say that they do not have to attend the professional development days, and will be wanting to spend that time with their child of course. They argue they should not have to pay those days. When I point out they will need to pay, they scoff and say they will be sending their child then! They also argue the week before school starts that I am open. They do not have a class to set up, so don't need it. One even pushed for me to operate illegally and go over in numbers, saying it would be okay as their kid was easy.

I have not enrolled any school support staff so far.

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