I had the committee members checked by the Criminal Records Bureau, so now they think that because they have clearance they are qualified to come into the playgroup and interfere.
I have insisted that the playgroup has trained staff and not parent helpers to make up the staff:child ratio. But the way the committee worked in the past was with unqualified assistants who knew very little about childcare, only wanted pocket money and did not interact with the children, while committee members filled in at the playgroup when needed. The problems I have had at meetings to get the committee to understand have been harder work than educating the children.
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