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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have worked in daycares. It happens at some point in all daycares. You can complain to licensing.

They usually call that day and say they will be visiting. Even if they come and find ratios are off, they just send someone into the room while the inspector is there and the director will say what they plan to do to prevent, and they will submit a plan and that's it. It doesn't prevent it in practice from happening again.

If it's the end of the day, and there are 2 teachers with 9 kids, based on my experience, that is a good ratio for end of day. [/quote]

I see it is common and probably teachers just really hate their job so they cannot wait to leave and no inspector can fix that [/quote]

You seem to be trying to create problems here with your assumptions. Do you work? Do you leave on time? Do you routinely stay later at your job because of issues that you can’t control? If a parent is late picking up a kid, that will throw planned ratios off. So staff would then have to stay later until at least one kid gets picked up. How many of you are comfortable doing that at your own jobs — impacting your own schedules?

The solution is simple: The center should shorten the hours so that staff coverage and legal ratios can be maintained; raise salaries; and raise fees. If need be, they can dump a few kids, starting with the parents who need the longest periods of coverage. Yes, that will be harder on parents seeking lower cost day care that fits their work schedules— but thems the breaks, right?  
Or maybe they can change their fee schedules— so that parents who need more than 6 hour time blocks are charged enough to pay for additional— hard-to-find — staff.  
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