Do most NOVA daycare centers require masks on kids?

[Anonymous]

I was really surprised to find that the two daycares (Alexandria City and Arlington) where we've been offered spots for our two-year-old require masks on kids. Our previous very COVID-strict daycare in D.C. did not, at least for that age group. Is this standard practice? I thought we'd be past this requirement given the availability of vaccines.

[Anonymous]

Not anymore once kids are fully vaccinated in our 4 room

[Anonymous]

Ours never did, except for kids 5 and up, per Virginia law at the time.

[Anonymous]

Parents at our center have requested it, so yes, kids are still masked in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare doesn't require a mask unless the kid has been exposed to covid, and even then it's not really enforced. This is for a 2s class in a Bright Horizons.

[Anonymous]

Ours does because the church we are located in (but not affiliated with) requires masks in the building. Thank goodness.

[Anonymous]

No way!

[Anonymous]

Our preschool never required masks for any age students, but did & still does require masks for staff

[Anonymous]

Our preschool only ever required masks for kids 5 and up. This is in falls church city.

[Anonymous]

MD preschool, everyone required to wear masks, even 2 yr olds, all kids and staff get tested once a week on-site, thanks goodness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was really surprised to find that the two daycares (Alexandria City and Arlington) where we've been offered spots for our two-year-old require masks on kids. Our previous very COVID-strict daycare in D.C. did not, at least for that age group. Is this standard practice? I thought we'd be past this requirement given the availability of vaccines.

We are in MOCO and our preschool finally went mask optional in the spring. We would have been looking for a different place for the fall otherwise. If you want some where mask optional you can find it I bet.

[Anonymous]

No thankfully. I’d look for another daycare in my preschooler needed to mask.

[Anonymous]

Our in home stopped when Alexandria City schools went mask optional.

[Anonymous]

Redeemer in McLean is requiring masks on kids, but not adults?! (aka not enforced for back to school night and no signs up about masks on the doors.)

[Anonymous]

Our preschool required masks for everyone 2 and up the first year and a half of the pandemic. Then it was indoors only, now it is optional everywhere.