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Hello are there any parents on here preferably in NYC who have been required by a Day Care Facility to pay for extended vacation (more than 1 week) when the Day Care is closed when not explicitly stated in the original contract? I am not talking about days when the parent chooses to keep the child out of daycare when it can be argued that he/she should pay since the child is still holding a "slot". i am speaking about days such as from Christmas eve until the week after New Year's when the facility is closed (therefore no slots available to ANYONE) and the parents are also required to find their own alternate backup care.
i am excluding the actual holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving etc, but speaking about the days when it is work as normal but th facility chooses to close.
I have seen some contract that state that parents do not need to pay for that time, and others that state that parents need to pay for that time BUT the facility will assist in providing back up care, Yet other require a reduced rate payment with the parent providing their own alternate care. All of this was stated in the contract.
If none of these alternatives were stated in the contract, should the parent automatically be expected to pay for the time that the day care was closed? In essence pay 2 different sources of Child care during that period? |
| Posted by Afihtan on 01/12/2009 11:00 PM
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| Hi. I live in ca but I still dont think that it is right for you to have to pay for that extended amount of time the facility is closed. I have one child in a child car center and when she is out for the whole week because I choose not to take her I only have to pay half. If the center is closed one day in the week and she attends the open days I still have to pay the full amount. If it is not stated in the contract that you are still required to pay or if that week they ar closed is not in the holiday schedual then you should be able to fight that. It should state somewhere in the contract the amount you have to pay for the time the facility is closed. If they still try to make you pay you can always call the state program that regulates over all facilities to see what you can do about and/or make a complaint. Good luck |
| posted by Becky on 01/13/2009 12:36 AM
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Afihtan,
Well unfortunitely that apparently seems to be the normal. We live in Arizona and it's the same here. We have to pay for the entire 2 week period even though the center is closed and we are responsible to find care for all 3 of our children. It's also not stated in our contract, but we were required to pay. But good luck fighting it. Hopefully they will give in. |
| posted by Jamie on 01/13/2009 07:04 PM
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Hi there Afihtan...
I definitely think it is not good business for your day care provider to charge you for time that they choose to close (outside of regular holidays as you said).
My daycare closes for just over two weeks in August, but she does not charge us. So what we (most of the parents) do is schedule our vacations at the same time so it isnt costing us money.
My daycare is more north of you in Westchester County.
That should be clearly stated in the contract. Guess this is a learning experience for all of us now to be sure to ask this question first because I would have assumed I would NOT have to pay for the business closing.
Best to you,
Michelle |
| posted by michelle on 01/13/2009 09:42 PM
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| My kids are in daycare and I used to work for a daycare. I have had experience with several daycares that are not in home daycares. The 3 daycares my children have been at in their lifetime all charged regardless on the basis of holding a spot, etc... My daycare has never been closed for an entire week though. They are only closed at Christmas for three days of the week and one at New Year's. If your family is going on vacation you have to ask in advance for a leave of absence so you will not have to pay and it has to be more than three weeks or something. Ideally you should not have to pay but each daycare is allowed to choose that aspect I guess! |
| posted by Whitney on 01/14/2009 12:44 PM
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| Thank you for the responses. I spoke to her and pointed out the discrepancy in the contract. Her response was initially that "She was open for 13 years and no one ever complained". I simply responded that I make decisions based on contracts not on what "everyone else" does. We were later able to come to a compromise where I will only make a partial payment and she would update and produce a more specific contract covering all of these issues. |
| posted by Afihtan on 01/14/2009 01:33 PM
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