Do or Don't

[Sheryl]

I was asked today if I would like to have some children in my preschool room for the summer that are currently in Kindergarten. My enrollment is dropping by the same amount of the children that would like in.
I've had these children on SNOW DAYS and they are good kids, but am tossing around the idea of what I could offer them for the summer and keep them active.
I say "YES" for the center's sake, but am unsure for the children's sake when they could enroll in the YMCA program with a lot more activities than we could offer for not much more expense.
One of the things that the parents like is that it will be one stop in the morning since these Kindergarteners have younger siblings at the center which I can see their point too.
I'd appreciate any comments, suggestions, etc.

[Leigh]

At the center where I work, the kinergarten children have a room of their own, but they only have one caregiver in that room, so if she is out, they have to mix the children in with the preschoolers. They seem to do fine, but I guess it also depends on how old the preschool children are. Our preschoolers and kindergarten children are around the same age. I hope this is not too confusing and helps somewhat.