Daycare closures- still charging?

[Anonymous]

OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

Yes, DCUM does suck but realize you’re basically “just asking” if daycare teachers deserve to get paid during a forced shutdown. People are telling you to think outside your own self-centered concerns.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare does not charge us for closures due to Covid quarantines. We are at a large, non-chain center in NoVA. That has been their policy since the start of the pandemic. We just completed our 6th 10-day closure; so thankful that we haven’t had to pay for all of that lost time!
Teachers are still paid. I’m not sure how they have budgeted for that, but it has worked out so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

Yes, DCUM does suck but realize you’re basically “just asking” if daycare teachers deserve to get paid during a forced shutdown. People are telling you to think outside your own self-centered concerns.

Not necessarily. When daycares first shutdown in March 2020 a friend was at a daycare that still charged them but reduced what they were paying the teachers (or stopped paying them altogether? Can’t remember the specifics). Let
Me tell you, DC is NOT a good place to pull that with the number of lawyers who were parents putting a stop to it (they wanted the teachers to be paid, not to stop paying)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

I asked upthread, what does your contract say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare does not charge us for closures due to Covid quarantines. We are at a large, non-chain center in NoVA. That has been their policy since the start of the pandemic. We just completed our 6th 10-day closure; so thankful that we haven’t had to pay for all of that lost time!
Teachers are still paid. I’m not sure how they have budgeted for that, but it has worked out so far.

Are you sure the teachers are being paid their regular salary? My little sister is a daycare teacher and they reduced her weekly salary to half when they had closures. She couldn’t afford to live on that and became a highly paid nanny!

[Anonymous]

Ours charges 50% rate for covid closures. This was an addendum to our original contract we signed. They sent the addendum in late 2020 or early 2021.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare does not charge us for closures due to Covid quarantines. We are at a large, non-chain center in NoVA. That has been their policy since the start of the pandemic. We just completed our 6th 10-day closure; so thankful that we haven’t had to pay for all of that lost time!
Teachers are still paid. I’m not sure how they have budgeted for that, but it has worked out so far.

Are you sure the teachers are being paid their regular salary? My little sister is a daycare teacher and they reduced her weekly salary to half when they had closures. She couldn’t afford to live on that and became a highly paid nanny!

How could they do that? The teachers are already close to minimum wage!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare does not charge us for closures due to Covid quarantines. We are at a large, non-chain center in NoVA. That has been their policy since the start of the pandemic. We just completed our 6th 10-day closure; so thankful that we haven’t had to pay for all of that lost time!
Teachers are still paid. I’m not sure how they have budgeted for that, but it has worked out so far.

Are you sure the teachers are being paid their regular salary? My little sister is a daycare teacher and they reduced her weekly salary to half when they had closures. She couldn’t afford to live on that and became a highly paid nanny!

How could they do that? The teachers are already close to minimum wage!!

They said they cut the teachers hours. So they weren’t paying less per hour but the teachers had half the hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare does not charge us for closures due to Covid quarantines. We are at a large, non-chain center in NoVA. That has been their policy since the start of the pandemic. We just completed our 6th 10-day closure; so thankful that we haven’t had to pay for all of that lost time!
Teachers are still paid. I’m not sure how they have budgeted for that, but it has worked out so far.

Are you sure the teachers are being paid their regular salary? My little sister is a daycare teacher and they reduced her weekly salary to half when they had closures. She couldn’t afford to live on that and became a highly paid nanny!

How could they do that? The teachers are already close to minimum wage!!

They said they cut the teachers hours. So they weren’t paying less per hour but the teachers had half the hours.

No wonder childcare teachers are quitting in droves! That’s awful!

[Anonymous]

My daycare will refund some of the money if a classroom is closed more than 7 days in a month.

[Anonymous]

Nope, mine doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

Yes, DCUM does suck but realize you’re basically “just asking” if daycare teachers deserve to get paid during a forced shutdown. People are telling you to think outside your own self-centered concerns.

It’s not a “forced shutdown.” It’s a voluntary closure by the daycare provider. In all likelihood, the other children in the center do not meet exclusion criteria under state/location regulations, and probably don’t meet other criteria specified in the enrollment agreement for denying access to care. Strict adherence to the contract should mean you don’t pay during these closures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I was just asking. So many rude and snarky replies. DCUM sucks.

Yes, DCUM does suck but realize you’re basically “just asking” if daycare teachers deserve to get paid during a forced shutdown. People are telling you to think outside your own self-centered concerns.

It’s not a “forced shutdown.” It’s a voluntary closure by the daycare provider. In all likelihood, the other children in the center do not meet exclusion criteria under state/location regulations, and probably don’t meet other criteria specified in the enrollment agreement for denying access to care. Strict adherence to the contract should mean you don’t pay during these closures.

But it doesn’t. You pay or lose your spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The solution is to end the ridiculous 14 day quarantine for children under 5. There have been numerous instances in our daycare (masked 2-5 year olds) where a child went home with covid-symptoms and waited for a PCR test for 5-7 days while the rest of the class continued and the PCR came back positive and the class started quarantining on day 5-7. Do you know how many times someone got covid? Zero. I would be very surprised if there was any "science" that said 14 day resulted in fewer infections that 10 day or 5 day or test to stay. Two years into this our politicians continue to make fear based decisions about young children.

Who has mandatory quarantines for kids under 5? They’re not required in Maryland or Montgomery County. Quarantines are only required for outbreaks.

Yes, many providers are refusing to meet their obligations under their enrollment agreements, but don’t blame that on the heath regulations.