Company sponsored daycare

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 11:39am

How would you react if you found out that the company you work for is going to start providing day care for employee's children?

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 11:57am

$350 a week or a month???

A week seems high a month is fantastic and I think if someone did that at my work I'd be thrilled.

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Deirdre

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 12:00pm

A month.


But what if the daycare takes a loss?

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 1:42pm
Aren't you speculating though? What if the money is coming from donations or a a grant from the government?

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Deirdre

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:01pm

It's most definitely not coming from the government.

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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 6:48am

I know how schools get funding my mom is a special ed teacher. I'm assuming you have no idea how they got the funding for this project since you seem to be asking if it's coming from money earmarked for your classroom.

But the girl you asked in regards to the $$ in which she runs her daycare in which she said they must be losing money etc. becuase she charges $200 dollars more a month then the school will be charging etc. maybe the school gets write offs that she doesn't know about, maybe the school doesn't have as much overhead than she does that she happens not to know about etc and so forth there may be quite a few factors that she happens not to know about that she's not factoring in to her FIGURES that they happened to have budgeted into their figures that you and her are not privvy too because you are not on the planning committee to this project.

I just think it's too soon for everyone to be speculating and getting all worked up about and being so negative about that your raise money and your classroom budget money is being taken to fund it.

Trust me I understand why you would think that my mother's classroom budget was hoarded by the principals at one of the schools and she couldn't get ANYTHING so that they could get more computers for the school "oh there is a surplus" we can get more computers. YA RIGHT because none of the special ed rooms have squat. Needless to say this was the same principal when had to give out pink slips the next year called people in her office feet upon the desk, leaning back with her hands behind her head saying, there is your pink slip, your being let go and the state tells me I don't have to tell you why. thanks! LOL

Politics gotta love em...

All I'm saying is I can totally see your concerns but maybe the project will be a success, if it fails it fails but maybe it will be a great success and your fellow teachers will have inexpensive daycare and get to see their kids on lunch breaks!

Smile,

Deirdre

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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 10:43am

I think what makes me the most suspicious (and I can't remember if I put this in my original post) is that one person tried to get it started and couldn't b/c there wasn't enough interest to make it work.

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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 11:34am

We are barely keeping our heads above water on a shoestring budget.
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Having raised 3 kids and remembering the days of daycare and diapers. . . . I took my paycheck and pretty much handed it to them. We truly struggled to eat and pay rent. And that was two paychecks. How single moms do it I don’t know. What you describe could be the answer. How does the school district attract new teachers and retain them when your district clearly has little to offer. Benefits like that attract a whole nitch market on the recruiting side. It also helps retention as the new teachers it would attract are then dependent on the service for years. (Always some power in programs as they create dependence.)

Also the district does not need to generate a profit, buildings are already “paid” for . . . It seems the two largest “additional expenses” the school district would face is payroll and labiality insurance. On the surface it is one of the few “programs” I tend to support . . .the expense to me is off set with the additional people who get into the workforce and as such on the tax rolls.

That all being said, it could just as easily be someone building a little empire and budget. Government is what it is. Is there any reason this can’t be challenged with regards to specific funding information at a school board meeting in public. Maybe a reporter would enjoy running it down as a story for the local paper. If it is a smart move it is a good story, if it is abuse of tax dollars . . well it still sells papers. (-: Always worth a simple phone call. Reporters are always looking for opportunities to get noticed. This is good stuff.

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 12:49pm

I hadn't thought about the angle of trying to attract new teachers.

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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 1:31pm

My math is rusty, but thinking like a politician or a bureaucrat . . . that is about 6% of the current employees that are "outspoken" in support of the program. More might utilize it. I wander what the percentage would be in Miami Dade County with thousands of teachers? Same "percentage"??? These guys play with numbers. I still say it is worth looking hard at. Politicians don't do anything without an agenda for gain in power or status, etc. It just does not happen. Is this about bleeding funds for some reason, or does he see something that will be a success story and get him votes and more exposed later? Is it just something that "emotionally" sounds good on his "list of accomplishments in the office". What is in it for him? Has to be something.

Goes back to my previous email. How many people are aware of the program? How much scrutiny does it have. Is it internally flying under the radar? Or is this about public relations? Follow the scent, find the real purpose and you know weather it is an idea worth support or a fight. Air it out at a school board meeting. Cameras are always at ours, always. Pick a regular reporter from the "local" section of your paper and sick that reporter on the subject. The school district here fills our papers, of coarse they buy Indian burial grounds to build schools on that clearly can never be built. ((-: Millions and millions of dollars in graft. Makes for good reading. Who knows about this so far? Dropping the tip might be a really good idea.

In the end, at speech time . . he can say . ."As a result of "my" efforts to establish this family friendly program a significant percentage of our hard working teachers and their children have benefited. We owe it to these dedicated professionals to offer at least this small token of our gratitude . . . . ."

Are you the one who is going up against him? (-: lol It is never popular to be against the woman, children, teachers, cops or fireman or puppy dogs. . . .lol This is the game. Manipulate emotions. Could be as simple as him having the ability to make that speech.

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Sat, 07-28-2007 - 2:15pm

The school board approved it.

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