I have a daycare boy will go to preschool two half days a week next year and I charge $140 a week for full time care for a toddler. Mom wants to know if I will give her a break. I probably will but how much of a break do I give her? I know he will get out of preschool at 11 am What is a fair amount to charge her? Thanks for your help!

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I have several kids that attend outside programs. I don't discount the rate because more often than not, when there is no school, I need to have that space available to take those children and I can't really fill the space around them so just because the child is gone for a few hours a day, it doesn't change the fact that the space still needs to be available. So I charge full price for it.

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I have one who goes to preschool half days twice a week. They do not receive a discount because all clients pay their full rate regardless of attendance. If I'm open and they're scheduled then they pay.

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I have one that goes half days 4 days a week and another half days 2 times a week, they both pay full time rates.

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The child is still taking up a full time space.The only discount I give is to the after school kids and their parents pay by the hour for them($10.00 an hr.),I will change contracts in the new year to spell out that on whole days that school is closed they will pay a by the full day rate($35.00). I've been spineless and not charging for those days.( school agers both have sibs here and are besties...parents have been paying monthly)

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I'm in favor of having her still pay full rate.

I have a preschooler that gets here by 11 m-f, and pays full rate.

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I charge the full day rate . I still have to feed lunch and there is no way to fill the few hours he will not be there .

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I also charge a full time rate for kids who go to preschool.

Kelly

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You definitely can't fill that spot so they should pay the full rate to keep it. Plus it's more transitions/interruptions in your routine.

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I charge my fullrate for kids that attend preschool too. If anything it's more work to manage extra pickups and dropoffs even if they are gone for part of the morning.

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I do drop off and pick up at the school so I charge the full rate. I couldn't fill the spots for those 3 hours they were at school, specially since on no-school days I had to have space for them. None of my parents expected or asked for a discount.

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