Daycare issues: What would you do?

MrsBrown2005 · December 2008

DS has been at this particualr daycare for 2 months. There are so many things that i see that are wrong there, and now I am just fed up with them and wanting to move him. The last straw was Monday when i picked him up, he was not in his regular classroom, but back there with the big kids. There are only 3 babies in his class, so all of them were in the back wtih the bigger kids. Well I would not have been so upset about this if there would have been more than 2 people back there. There were like 15 older kids back there, and then teh 3 babies and only 2 people. One of the people that were there, I don't even know if he is truely a worker there or if he is related or something like that to the owner.

I was so pissed and authomatically made the decision that DS would be moving from that facility. This is not the first time that DS has had to be with the bigger kids. Sometimes in teh morning when I drop him off, his teacher would be watching him and a few of the older kids. I am just not comfortable with this.

So here is my question: The policy of the daycare said that we are to give them a 2 week notice when we are taking him out. I personally do not want to give them a 2 week notice. I was just talking with my cousin who is a lawyer and she was saying that there is nothing that they can do to us if we do not give them a 2 week notice. I would probably tell them tomorrow evening,once I got confirmation that one of my daycare options has a space available. His last day would be Friday. Would you give them another weeks notice. If I had some extra money I would just pay them teh tuition for the 2 weeks, but I don't have that. So what would you do? Would you just take him out and give them the day notice or would you give them teh 2 week notice. I don't want to give them a 2 week notice because what if they get mad and neglect my child. I would be a nervous wreck. So that is why.

So your thoughts...

janice

PMJacobsen · December 2008

i wouldn't. just pick him up and tell them he isn't coming back. did you sign a contract? if not, they can't force you to give them 2 weeks.

BecauseICan · December 2008

Do they not have a license? Because if they do, they must follow ratios--and those ratios increase with age...but they must follow the ratio guidelines for the youngest child in the group. If they are not following those guidelines, I'd assume you have every right to pull your child with no notice, and I'd threaten to report them if they give you trouble.

vanillacourage · December 2008

Are they state-licensed? If so, what is your mandated state ratio of adults to kids?

If they're licensed and in violation, I would give them a letter that says "in light of your violation of state licensing, I will be pulling my child effective ___". They won't pursue it b/c they know you could report them. Then I'd report them anyway.

CameraPerson · December 2008

It's your child and you do what YOU think is best. Just cause you have to give 2 week notice, does not mean your child has to be *there*. Why put him in harm's way?

Best of luck to you. It is not fair that moms have to deal with this. Or, children for that matter!!!!!!

Jenny0908 · December 2008

Personally, I would just take him out. They are breaking the rules if they have 2 teachers with 18 kids.... if they want to come after you for 2 weeks notice then you should just throw that right back at them.

PMJacobsen · December 2008

vanillacourage:
Are they state-licensed? If so, what is your mandated state ratio of adults to kids?

If they're licensed and in violation, I would give them a letter that says "in light of your violation of state licensing, I will be pulling my child effective ___". They won't pursue it b/c they know you could report them. Then I'd report them anyway.

good idea!

Mrs.McLovin · December 2008

You don't owe the daycare anything given the situation.

racegirl723 · December 2008

If you signed a contract with them, you will likely need to pay them for the two weeks notice. We decided not to keep my DS at a daycare that we switched to and pulled him out right away, but we ate the two weeks notice. It definitely hurt the pocket book, but I didn't want to worry about him for two weeks when he could start at a better place right away. We dipped in to our savings to cover it.

Perhaps if they are licensed and violating the DCFS rules in your state you could include that in your notification letter and use that as justification to forgo paying the two weeks notice. GL!

MrsBrown2005 · December 2008

Thanks ladies. I just needed some reassurance. I do not remember signing a contract with them. I signed all the regular paperwork, but no contract. I will have to keep you all updated on this matter.

I have already started to prepare a letter to them that I will give them on his last day there. It is almost 3 pages long.

Thanks for all of the good suggestions.

OUMedBride · December 2008

vanillacourage:
Are they state-licensed? If so, what is your mandated state ratio of adults to kids?

If they're licensed and in violation, I would give them a letter that says "in light of your violation of state licensing, I will be pulling my child effective ___". They won't pursue it b/c they know you could report them. Then I'd report them anyway.

This is exactly what I would do. There's no way that kind of ratio can be legal.

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