The ChildCare Center (CCC) is a medium-sized child care facility that offers daytime supervision and instruction on weekdays (Monday through Friday) for children up to the age of 5. There are many children who attend CCC every weekday, and a relatively small number attend fewer than 3 days per week.The classroom assignment and daily fee paid to CCC for each child are determined by the child's age on Friday of the previous week.

The ratio of the number of classroom staff in a particular classroom to the number of children in that classroom is subject to local regulations—certain minimum staff-to-child ratios are to be met or exceeded in every classroom. The minimum ratio for a particular classroom is determined by the age of the youngest child in the classroom. The table shows these minimums. Each day, CCC assigns to each classroom the least number of staff members needed to comply with the local regulations.

The table shows the daily attendance at CCC for Week 2 of a recent fiscal year. The roster of children attending CCC—as well as the days of the week each child attended—was unchanged from Week 1 through Week 3.
