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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s normal for a preschool schedule for a 3 year old?

We have our child starting at MSM. I wanted to know if the calendar for the school year is typical of preschools and how to manage the coverage with full time work.

-2 weeks off for winter break, 1 week off for spring break, and 3 months off for summer break

-8 professional work days, 4 teacher conf. days, 7 federal holidays

It seems like a lot of days I’m going to have to take off work or find coverage not counting sick days.

We’ll plan on a camp for the summer and a trip during spring break, how do folks handle the rest of the days? [/quote]
How do 2 working parents deal with so many breaks? Our daycare does a preschool curriculum starting from age 3. The preschool kids we know all have one parent staying home or grandparents who help.[/quote]

I am keeping my kid at her (large, corporate) daycare facility, as they have a preschool calendar that works better for working parents. Our facility is also great about letting us know all of the closed days at the beginning of the year, so my husband and I block off/split up what we can and tap into grandparents well in advance.[/quote]

I see how that is fine for now.

But what can one do once the child starts K or 1st grade somewhere ?

The same coverage gaps will exist. I am genuinely interested in hearing solutions, because we can't figure it out for our DC. (If people want a higher birth rate in the US they need to create better child care options for school breaks.)[/quote]

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