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I think our day care teachers are awesome, and I have no idea how they do it! They don't always give me a daily report, but if I ask them how A's day was, they are always able to give me a couple updates.

Our daycare is really old-school and low-tech, and I wish things were a bit more electronic, but they really do have their act together within their system. I guess that's what comes from 40 years under the same director. No email, but very smooth operations!

@mediagirl: her old daycare would get a B+ for organization. Things like making unscheduled stops at the grocery store would bother me

Ours is well organized but there aren't field trips. However they host quarterly evening events for families which are always well done. They have a app for daily reports and the newsletter is sent out via email and Facebook.

The only hiccup was Christmas/ Santa pictures. We got maybe 3 days notice, whereas with Fall pictures we were told a month ahead. Otherwise, they are great about communication. If they weren't I think that would greatly impact working parents involvement in daytime activities. DH was able to get out of weeklong OOT business trip to attend the Christmas party on Friday only because they started letting us know about it 3-4 weeks ago.

Not really. They are pretty on top of things. Sometimes things slip through the cracks but nothing of major importance.

Disorganization regarding a field trip would really upset me. Honestly, the idea of a day care field trip makes me uneasy anyway (the child to adult ratio in an uncontrolled environment), but if I didn't feel like the adults were 100% on top of their shit, I wouldn't be letting my kid go. The Christmas song thing wouldn't bother me though. My kid can memorize songs faster than I can, three days would be plenty. And if they don't get it exactly right, it's really not a big deal, it's just a show for the parents.

@mediagirl: yyyeeeahhh that would be a big fat 'no' from me on anymore field trips unless my husband or I were chaperoning.