Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?

[Anonymous]

Please name this preschool so I can avoid it for my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please name this preschool so I can avoid it for my kids.

You need to ask about the policies anywhere you enroll.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare (not part-time preschool, fwiw) in Nova does not have this. I would move to a new place

[Anonymous]

Our preschool has been changing policies every few months since the start of the pandemic - as the CDC and VA health department have been changing theirs and the school does its best to follow along. The goal is keeping everyone (staff included) as safe as possible while still providing a great preschool program. It is a lot for the school to balance.

[Anonymous]

OP here, and in response to pp questions- our school has had a few isolated cases over the last few months but no major outbreaks, or anything out of the ordinary. It is a preschool where the school year ends in June rather than a year round daycare so I doubt they would be able to fill our slot at this point (nor do I really want to have to find a new program.) I’m just frustrated and baffled as to why they would put in this new requirement right now when everyone else is loosening restrictions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and in response to pp questions- our school has had a few isolated cases over the last few months but no major outbreaks, or anything out of the ordinary. It is a preschool where the school year ends in June rather than a year round daycare so I doubt they would be able to fill our slot at this point (nor do I really want to have to find a new program.) I’m just frustrated and baffled as to why they would put in this new requirement right now when everyone else is loosening restrictions.

They are probably putting it in place *because* everyone is loosening restrictions. The most recent Omicron wave laid a lot of triple vaxxed folks out, myself included. I wouldn’t fault them for adopting a more conservative policy for their unvaxxed charges while they wait to see if there’s going to be a bump in cases from loosening requirements just as another variant looks poised to takeover.

The good news is that rapid tests are free, easy to get, and easy to administer.

But no, your contract probably doesn’t give you an out at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and in response to pp questions- our school has had a few isolated cases over the last few months but no major outbreaks, or anything out of the ordinary. It is a preschool where the school year ends in June rather than a year round daycare so I doubt they would be able to fill our slot at this point (nor do I really want to have to find a new program.) I’m just frustrated and baffled as to why they would put in this new requirement right now when everyone else is loosening restrictions.

They are probably putting it in place *because* everyone is loosening restrictions. The most recent Omicron wave laid a lot of triple vaxxed folks out, myself included. I wouldn’t fault them for adopting a more conservative policy for their unvaxxed charges while they wait to see if there’s going to be a bump in cases from loosening requirements just as another variant looks poised to takeover.

The good news is that rapid tests are free, easy to get, and easy to administer.

But no, your contract probably doesn’t give you an out at this point.

The tests aren’t free in Virginia (other than the one time package of 4 provided by the government- which our family has already used). Nor are they particularly easy to administer to a squirmy preschooler who has a complete meltdown every time you try to do so.