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No service, no tuition.

Online service, reduced tuition.

Previous threads with posters urging full payment were probably planted by preschool directors or staff. Same for all the threads urging people to get take-out.

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+ 1. Look, if I’m going to donate thousands of dollars to charity during this crisis, it will be to the truly destitute and not some company that should have done business continuity planning. [/quote]

I hate to tell you, but a lot of the centers are borderline destitute. I don't think any of them have more than a couple months worth of expenses as a buffer. The teachers are paid very low wages, even at the best centers. And it's not some evil plan to steal your tuition money. It's childcare regulations and the cost of rent in our region. a 1:3 adult to child ratio means three families are supporting one teacher and probably the equivalent of one admin salary (think cleaning, cooking, center director, rent, utilities, supplies). [/quote]

Hmmm. Sounds like bad business planning to me. Our center pays their teachers great wages for the industry, provides healthcare, yearly raises, paid time off, etc. For this reason, very very low turnover for teachers.  Don’t tell me it’s not possible to have this kind of model. But it takes a tremendous amount of business expertise to get there. I’m fully aware this is not a high margin industry. You preach like I’ve never read the reports. I just know that there are chains out there making it work for both corporate and the teachers, and these processes can and should be replicated to better serve both the providers and the customers. [/quote]

I mean this is all really beside the point.  The assumption that families can continue to pay thousands per month when they've also lost their child care that allows them to work is preposterous.  Fairly certain some families have hired the teachers at our center as babysitters or nannies (this was permitted at our center before).[/quote]

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