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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened a couple of times at my daycare.  Some of the teachers didn't come in until 9, but they were flexible about the kids' arrival so if everyone happened to be on the earlier side one day the ratios would be off.  I said something to the Director and she got on top of it, and now it isn't a problem anymore.

[b]The combining of kids at the end of the day is pretty normal IF they have enough teachers to maintain the ratio.  My daycare does that as well.  But again, they maintain the ratios[/b][/quote]

Same at my daycare.  I have no issue combining rooms but I would be worried if the ratios were anywhere near as bad as OP reports.[/quote]

OP says 9 kids with 2 teachers. That's normal because most kids are after 2 years old.

Or just don't send your kid to a Center. They maintain schedules.
If a teacher/staff comes early to work then they leave early 7:30am- 4pm for example.

If you want the Director to have more staff then they will raise the child's weekly tuition, deposit and parents needs to pay because it will be in the contract. I try to come early like 5 or 5:30pm.

Some centers have schedules like parents-director agree to drop off time and pick up time so the center have the appropriate staff. Not every staff will be at the center at 7am[/quote]

OP said: "all kids whose parents have not picked them up yet (12-36 and up sometimes) in one room My husband count 12 kids of various ages and only 2 teachers present."   That is the egregious ratio violation that would concern me.  My daycare doesn't *have* 36 kids of all ages so that's not a concern.  The last time they combined classes, there were 6 kids 0-4 waiting to be picked up, and four staff members looking after them.  I maintain that there's no issue combining classes if ratios are maintained and my daycare has no problems doing this.  Whether OP feels her kids are being safely cared for vs whether she can pay more is her risk assessment to make, but I'm just telling her that my daycare (also in DC) does not have the problems she's reporting and which aspects of those problems would concern me.[/quote]

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