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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It could easily be 6 months to even a year.  Its not reasonable for a child care center to expect a family to pay when they don't know they have a slot yet and they already have kids there from essential workers.  If they are getting state money they should not be taking money from parents or guarantee a spot.  Its going to be a hot mess for a while.  Even if you pay there is no guarantee you will get a spot.  Same with what they did on the waitlists.  We paid for many waitlists and got one call when our child was 4.  [/quote]

They are getting state money to cover part of the tuition for essential workers who are sending their kids there. The state money doesn’t even come close to covering the costs of keeping the building open, paying teachers, etc. [/quote]

+1. During the height of the pandemic, I know of two daycare classes/rooms that had exactly two kids in the class (essential worker kids). There's no way the state subsidy for two kids pays for a teacher, the room, keeping the lights on, box lunches and snacks for the kids, and cleaners.[/quote]

Yep. Our center normally serves 250 kids across 16 classrooms. We are essential workers, so our daughter has been going the entire time. At one point, they were serving maybe 15-20 kids across those 16 classrooms. [/quote]

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