Daycare to Reopen

[Anonymous]

OP, my daycare is the same. I’m not sending my kid until the social distancing recommendation is over but I’m lucky enough to be in a financial/professional place where I can extend my maternity leave and probably telework part time for several months. Paying daycare as well will be hard so I too will have to see how I balance keeping my spot vs paying rent now. I’m taking those decisions month-by-month at present (& hoping they don’t actually open in April so I get another month’s reprieve on paying ungodly sums for a service I’m not using). Good luck with your tough decisions too!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many times do I have to say this?! Ok, here goes again:

EVERY state considers childcare an essential service.

Should you keep your kid home if you can? Yes.

But nurses, doctors, and other essential workers HAVE to have a place for their little kids to go. Many are also trying to accommodate school aged kids of essential employees.

Yes but they aren't limiting it to that. My daycare closed but is running emergency locations and transferring personnel there. They also said you can contact and request care if you are an essential employee and still need to work.

That's fine. Flat reopening is not.

I’m curious how they are treating federal employees- as I understand it, they are being treated as essential by the federal govt but not necessarily at the state level?

PP here. I am a fed and the daycare is in a federal building. They specifically referenced "mission critical" non teleworking personnel in their email saying you could request an exception.

Who defines mission critical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many times do I have to say this?! Ok, here goes again:

EVERY state considers childcare an essential service.

Should you keep your kid home if you can? Yes.

But nurses, doctors, and other essential workers HAVE to have a place for their little kids to go. Many are also trying to accommodate school aged kids of essential employees.

Yes but they aren't limiting it to that. My daycare closed but is running emergency locations and transferring personnel there. They also said you can contact and request care if you are an essential employee and still need to work.

That's fine. Flat reopening is not.

I’m curious how they are treating federal employees- as I understand it, they are being treated as essential by the federal govt but not necessarily at the state level?

That's not at all true. Agencies are being told to allow as many people to telework as possible. Of course, there are essential federal employees who cannot telework. They have to continue to go into work and aren't the people most folks think about when they think about essential employees during a pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many times do I have to say this?! Ok, here goes again:

EVERY state considers childcare an essential service.

Should you keep your kid home if you can? Yes.

But nurses, doctors, and other essential workers HAVE to have a place for their little kids to go. Many are also trying to accommodate school aged kids of essential employees.

Yes but they aren't limiting it to that. My daycare closed but is running emergency locations and transferring personnel there. They also said you can contact and request care if you are an essential employee and still need to work.

That's fine. Flat reopening is not.

I’m curious how they are treating federal employees- as I understand it, they are being treated as essential by the federal govt but not necessarily at the state level?

PP here. I am a fed and the daycare is in a federal building. They specifically referenced "mission critical" non teleworking personnel in their email saying you could request an exception.

Who defines mission critical?

Agency leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

The federal government isn't closed. Agencies are being told to allow the maximum number of people possible to telework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

The federal government isn't closed. Agencies are being told to allow the maximum number of people possible to telework.

Yes but they are still using daycare services while teleworking, which is extremely irresponsible. If they were forced to commute would they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

The federal government isn't closed. Agencies are being told to allow the maximum number of people possible to telework.

Yes but they are still using daycare services while teleworking, which is extremely irresponsible. If they were forced to commute would they?

What's your evidence that we're using daycare services while teleworking?

I can't telework and am on an every other week schedule. This is my week off and my 3 year old is at home. Next week she'll have to go in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare wrote today that they plan to reopen on 4/1. It feels like a weird money grab attempt. OSSE has no hard rules on closing daycares. We can’t afford to pay for daycare that we aren’t receiving. But we are also afraid to lose our place in the competitive DC daycare world. Isn’t it dangerous for them to even consider opening?

I am an in-home daycare and I find it offensive that you think it’s a money grab to be open. I don’t know about your daycare but you don’t see a lot of rich in home daycare providers around, do you? This is a very difficult decision to us as well because clearly people do not want to pay for a service they’re not getting yet we also have bills and families we have to provide for. We are mostly not small businesses so we have very little recourse in terms of government release or assistance. This is why we must open so we don’t lose our homes our cars so we can stay afloat and buy groceries for our families. Believe me this is not a money grab. We are considered essential yet do not receive hazard pay or guarantee payments from anybody so we must stay open. We are just as scared as you are about the coronavirus we are just as frightened so please go easy on us when these hard decisions have to be made. I don’t think very many people in this entire forum can understand how difficult it is, the stress and anxiety that we are going through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

The federal government isn't closed. Agencies are being told to allow the maximum number of people possible to telework.

Yes but they are still using daycare services while teleworking, which is extremely irresponsible. If they were forced to commute would they?

What's your evidence that we're using daycare services while teleworking?

I can't telework and am on an every other week schedule. This is my week off and my 3 year old is at home. Next week she'll have to go in.

Because I see my neighbor leave every day with her toddler and school aged child and then just come back with the school aged child to telework. It sounds like if she can telework she is not mission critical then? Can I report her to someone?

[Anonymous]

Our preschool (full-day, year-round), is hoping to open again as early as April 13th, but sent out a survey to gauge interest on when to open (mid April, late April, early May).

I just don't know. I don't want to send my preschooler back until it's safe to do so, when right now I can work from home and am surviving so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love that people are too terrified to go back to work but will send their kids to daycare and are complaining that schools are closed. Lol.

You either want complete isolation or you don't.

Most people who are sending their kids to daycare are not terries of going to work, they are being told not to come into the office. Those that are terrified are in fact keeping kids home.

It seems that those who are sending their kids to daycare should be "allowed" to return to the office if they want to.

+1. Love this. Call OPM and tell them to reopen federal offices and we will see what everyone does!

The federal government isn't closed. Agencies are being told to allow the maximum number of people possible to telework.

Yes but they are still using daycare services while teleworking, which is extremely irresponsible. If they were forced to commute would they?

What's your evidence that we're using daycare services while teleworking?

I can't telework and am on an every other week schedule. This is my week off and my 3 year old is at home. Next week she'll have to go in.

Because I see my neighbor leave every day with her toddler and school aged child and then just come back with the school aged child to telework. It sounds like if she can telework she is not mission critical then? Can I report her to someone?

First of all, you have no clue if she's been deemed mission critical or not. Teleworking doesn't mean she's not mission critical.

Second, how do you know she's sending the toddler to daycare?

Third, you really should just stop making assumptions about other people's situations.

[Anonymous]

It’s not safe. I am shocked that their doing this and shocked that it’s allowed. The district needs to regulate this like they’re regulating schools.

[Anonymous]

There are essential workers that have kids older than daycare age but yet whrrr they going

[Anonymous]

Regulate these crime organizations that pretend to be helping working parents