I'm looking to start a daycare on what for me will be a larger scale. My wife and I are both tenured teachers and want to expand our classroom ideas into the business world. The space devoted to the daycare would be about 3400 sq feet. Based on those numbers I'm looking at a max of about 83 students. I've gone over the state requirements and maximum allowances but still have a few unanswered questions.

1. With these numbers, what should I be looking to spend on school items per month? Paper supplies, arts and crafts, glitter...that sort of stuff.
2. What should I expect to pay per child for food? I thought I read somewhere about 5 dollars per child per day. Can someone confirm this?
3. Average premium for insurance? I guess I can google that one but I'd like to see what you guys have to offer.

Thanks in advance for the help. As you can see by my post count....I'm a first timer

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