I am re-thinking (again) my policy regarding parents giving notice. Parents are expected to give me (at least) 2 weeks' notice if their child is leaving. They are also expected to pay for my 3 weeks of vacation. I have a perpetual problem that I've tried to solve several ways. The current way is too complicated, so I'm trying to clarify and redo.
The problem is this--
I really like to take 1 week vacation at the end of August, as a mental reset from one "school year" to the next. I start back up the day after Labor Day, when most kids are starting school. Inevitably, I'll have a parent (or several), three weeks before that vacation, give me two weeks' notice--essentially getting out of paying for the vacation I've been earning all year. That means I end up taking an unpaid vacation, when I was clear all along they'd be paying for three weeks.
I currently have a convoluted system of pre-payment to solve that problem, but it's a pain to explain and enforce.
I'd like the new system to be pay the same every week regardless of vacations. And no--you don't get to withdraw right before vacation and get out of paying for it.
But I can't think of a clear and polite way of wording that. Suggestions?
Thank you!
The problem is this--
I really like to take 1 week vacation at the end of August, as a mental reset from one "school year" to the next. I start back up the day after Labor Day, when most kids are starting school. Inevitably, I'll have a parent (or several), three weeks before that vacation, give me two weeks' notice--essentially getting out of paying for the vacation I've been earning all year. That means I end up taking an unpaid vacation, when I was clear all along they'd be paying for three weeks.
I currently have a convoluted system of pre-payment to solve that problem, but it's a pain to explain and enforce.
I'd like the new system to be pay the same every week regardless of vacations. And no--you don't get to withdraw right before vacation and get out of paying for it.
But I can't think of a clear and polite way of wording that. Suggestions?
Thank you!
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