Enfield Child Development Center

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Enfield Child Development Center

• Board of Education
• Before and After School Proposal

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Program Description

• Before school program would open at 700 a.m.
• After School Program would close at 600 p.m.
• Breakfast would be served before school and snack
  would be provided after school
• Care provided for delayed start, early dismissal,
  snow days, and vacations
• Program could be in up to seven schools.

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Staffing

• Full time Program Director will oversee full
  program under the supervision of the Director of
  the Enfield Child Development Center
• Certified Head Teacher at each school
• Assistant Teachers with experience working with
  children
• Staffing to children ratio 113

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Fees

• Weekly Rates
• AM only 30
• PM only 40
• AM PM 60
• Reduction in rates for additional siblings
• In service/ snow days/ vacation days 15-20 per
  day
• Sliding fee for Care for Kids eligible families
  rates will be from 0-60 per week

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Minimum Enrollment Numbers

• Would need a minimum of 25 children in each
  school for after school programs
• Would need minimum of 20 children in each school
  for before school program Program would be
  cancelled if enrollment did not reach this number
• Would need a minimum of 12 Kindergarteners in
  each school- If numbers were low, would explore
  possibility of program providing busing with cost
  to parents
• Would request BOE after school busing from
  in-district sister schools if numbers were too
  low

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Summer Program

• Open 7 a.m -6 p.m.
• Sliding fee scale weekly 0-150
• Staff Student Ratio 110
• Would require air conditioning in program areas

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Sources of Revenue

• Parent fees
• Care for Kids (Assistance for income eligible
  families)
• CACFP (Federally funded food and nutrition
  program)
• These are reliable sources of income
• Other sources to enhance program and reduce and
  maintain affordable rates will be developed