Toddler left at Livingston Park by daycare (FCC?)

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PS: To those who don't know whether FCC is a daycare or a preschool: the Western Ave. building is a preschool. I know this because my daughter left there knowing how to read. Not sure "daycare" focuses on reading, math, geography, and science, but FCC does.

Why on earth would that make it not a daycare? I really don't get this. My son is in daycare, and they focus on all of these things. It's a daycare because it is an all-day program. Preschools are not all day programs.

Yes. I don't understand why the first poster is so loathe to call a daycare what it is. FCC is a daycare- it is an all day program primarily used so parents can work. Prior to this incident, I have always heard good things about FCC.

PP here (the P.S. poster) I was just warning the poster that said the FCC was a preschool that it would not be called a preschool by posters such as you lovely ladies. That's all. My child goes to an all-day daycare and I am fine with it. But I have been on many threads were people get really really angry that you would call a program a day care a preschool.

OOPS!@! I am 12:06- the person that posted after the PS poster. I need coffee!!! Carry on

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Does anyone at FCC know how the kid is doing? Hope everyone is okay!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone at FCC know how the kid is doing? Hope everyone is okay!

I just saw this thread for the first time and after reading all of that, I was wondering the same thing. How's the kid? How old was he? My heart goes out to him.

And OP, definitely thank your nanny for having someone call the police. So many people refuse to ever get involved. It's nice to know there are still kind, responsible people out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious,

I have never heard such a thing as a daycare taking young children off property to places like public parks. It seems like a dangerous liability.

Is this a DC thing?

Very common when the day care does not have its own playground. Where are you from?

All over the country (military). Currently in NOVA. Never, ever heard of such a thing. Ridiculous and dangerous, given the ages of the kids.

Then go onto a Virgina site for posting, it's common in DC, and DC Urban posters understand that.

This is a daycare/preschool forum, not the DC schools forum. This website is for the entire DC metro area, which includes NOVA and Maryland.

Blah blah blah.

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Interesting. Google threads on here and it seems to be a recurring problem:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/23233.page

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/57826.page

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Anonymous wrote:This story is horrifying and my reaction is THANK GOD that my DH and I can afford to live on one income (even though things are very tight) so that I can stay home while my kids are young.

I'm the PP who posted this (above) and I'm sorry. I see now that it was insensitive. It was the first thing that came to my mind while I was reading this horrible story. I shouldn't have posted it.

[Anonymous]

Horrifying and scary story, but the reactions here are over the top. Would it help to close the center, putting how many caregivers out of work and forcing all the parents to make alternate arrangements? Daycare is hard enough to find in this city.

The bottom line is that the child was recovered without injury, although only by luck. I would be beyond outraged if I were the parents. But if I were the administration of the center, I would use this as a wake up call. What procedures could have prevented this from happening? The employees now have the potential consequences burned on their brains. Use the incident to make sure there's never a second incident.

[Anonymous]

I was walking on Western Ave. this afternoon and there were reporters for channel 4 filming a story on this. I wonder who alerted them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrifying and scary story, but the reactions here are over the top. Would it help to close the center, putting how many caregivers out of work and forcing all the parents to make alternate arrangements? Daycare is hard enough to find in this city.

The bottom line is that the child was recovered without injury, although only by luck. I would be beyond outraged if I were the parents. But if I were the administration of the center, I would use this as a wake up call. What procedures could have prevented this from happening? The employees now have the potential consequences burned on their brains. Use the incident to make sure there's never a second incident.

The center shouldn't be closed, but the involved teachers should be fired.

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I don't know, leaving the kid at the park is certainly horrible, but remember that WaPo story about parents who left their kids strapped in carseats? I don't know that we can take it to mean that the place is a terrible daycare or that the teachers are terrible teachers, but it certainly is a reminder that people can have some really, really bad screw ups that have really serious consequences when taking care of little kids.

[Anonymous]

This story will air at 5:00 on channel 4 news

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OK even if the center isn't closed, I don't understand how some of you can possibly say "I send my child there with no hesitation." They AT LEAST need to have a full on investigation on why it happened and how to prevent it from ever happening again. Close the center for a few days, weed out the bad staff, re-train the ones you keep. To just send a letter and go on as usual is a slap in the face. I hope they get sued.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know, leaving the kid at the park is certainly horrible, but remember that WaPo story about parents who left their kids strapped in carseats? I don't know that we can take it to mean that the place is a terrible daycare or that the teachers are terrible teachers, but it certainly is a reminder that people can have some really, really bad screw ups that have really serious consequences when taking care of little kids.

It's very disconcerting, to say the least. When I go on field trips with my son's day care, the staff must count the kids 6-7 times throughout the trip. Before leaving, on the bus, as they get off the bus (no stragglers), at lunch, when they board the bus, when they exit the bus to go back into the center. It feels like overkill. But obviously it isn't. Might be a protocol this day care should put in place, if it doesn't already have it.

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This is being covered on News4 right now. DCUM was also mentioned. FCC was named as the center.

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It's very disconcerting, to say the least. When I go on field trips with my son's day care, the staff must count the kids 6-7 times throughout the trip. Before leaving, on the bus, as they get off the bus (no stragglers), at lunch, when they board the bus, when they exit the bus to go back into the center. It feels like overkill. But obviously it isn't. Might be a protocol this day care should put in place, if it doesn't already have it.

Yes, honestly, daycare field trips scare me in general. My son is in a 3s-4s class and they are going on a trip to the Air and Space Annex. I'm definitely volunteering to chaperone, the thought of 2 teachers trying to supervise 14 kids at such a gigantic space terrifies me.