> In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. As someone who has a partner who spent years

> In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. As someone who has a partner who spent years working in a wide variety of childcare (from "high end" to "low end"), these ratios are _routinely_ ignored. There's also significant pressure to come in when sick. She was very sick - "Well, good thing there's a bathroom in your room, huh?" On the rare occasions they really couldn't meet staffing levels and didn't open for the day? Congratulations, everyone gets the day off! Unpaid, of course! Why, yes, we're still billing families the normal weekly/monthly rate...