How Common is it for Daycares to Close Classrooms?
ETA: Thank you all for your helpful responses! I got a message this morning that 5 additional families had to volunteer to keep their kids home or they’d have to close the classroom. So definitely on the search for somewhere new. So dissapointing.
I love my son’s daycare but I think they over enrolled and are having issues staying in ratio. On two occasions now I’ve been told I can’t bring him because there are not enough staff.
The past two weeks they’ve been moving him back and forth between the infant and toddler room depending on what staff they have each day (he’s 14.5 months so technically still infant but about to be toddler). The change is really messing with him since the rooms have completely different schedules and expections. Some days he’s napping 2x in a crib and other 1x on a mat. I also sometimes don’t even get any notice as to which room he’s going to be in, which is a problem since toddlers go outside so I need to make sure he has the right shoes and sunscreen on.
Today I got upset when they told me he was going back to infant after settling in after several days in toddler. They told me they told 5 toddler families they couldn’t come in tomorrow because of an unexpected staff absence and either had to move him back to infant or he had to stay home.
I’d really hoped once we got to the toddler room this wouldn’t happen as much because of higher ratios so was really discouraged to hear that today.
Is any of this typical / expected? Is there any hope this can sort itself out? Or do I have no choice but to start searching for a different daycare? Unfortunately I have unusual working hours so my options are really limited.