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Saturday, March 20th is the first day of spring!\u00a0 Take a walk outside and look for signs of spring – swelling buds on the trees, flowers poking up from the ground, more birds back in the trees.\u00a0 The forecast is predicting snow this weekend, but nice weather again next week.<\/p>\n

Schools will be taking spring break in the next several weeks depending on what district, city or suburb you are in. It is expected that the contractual agreement will be honored and that au pairs will not be asked to work more than the regular number of hours (45 \/ week, 10 hours per day for the Au Pair and Au Pair Extraordinaire and 30 hours \/ week for\u00a0 EduCare\u00a0 Companions).<\/p>\n

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