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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like childcare is a red herring in this conversation.  maybe someone can enlighten me - but we are a dual working parent household with 3 kids.  There are 180 school days.  I have to find childcare for the kids on non school days whether it is summer or not.  I feel summer has a better set up camps than finding childcare for random days off during the school year.[/quote]

It is easier to find summer care than trying to cover a school year with random days off and almost no 5 dsy weeks or full months of school.[/quote]

But is it really?I mean, SACC and all the after school care programs take care of those days. So whomever you use for winter, summer, and spring breaks usually have coverage availability. Also, you have months ahead to plan. Back a bajillion years ago when my kid was in elementary, I would check the calendar when it was released and plan accordingly.

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Yes, it really is

Much simpler than using all you vacation and calling in all your favors to cover tge constant 3 and 4 day weeks that was last year's fcps calendar.

Not everyone has the generous fed leave policies.[/quote]

What do you normally do for childcare? If you do not use SACC (or similar), then you must be tag-teaming or something with a spouse? One does before-school care and the other does after-school care?

If that is the case, then there are a multitude of cheap drop-off type of places that you can use on days off -- sports places, martial arts studios, and so on. Five random days off can cost pretty much the same as a week-long summer camp. Shouldn't make much of a difference, right?[/quote]

Spoken like a dcumer wealthy person.[/quote]

I use SACC. It is pretty cheap childcare. What do you use?[/quote]

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