Has your daycare/preschool told you what the plan is?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are going to take all our money and give us nothing but Zoom in return. Awesome.

You are free to stop paying and find a new spot when things reopen.

Nope. There’s an annual contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen, most daycare workers are high risk. So the decision to open will come down to ability to test and treat, not just the SAH order.

You are welcome to leave your daycare and stop paying, but basically you are paying a retainer for your spot when things return to normal. They could go under if everybody leaves, they could go under if all the staff get sick at once.

I think in this scenario, less is more. I mean the Federal and State gov have vague fluid plans, so why do you expect more from low paid daycare staff?

Give me a break. Daycare administrators are ALWAYS shady. Always. This situation is no different. It has nothing to do with the staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are going to take all our money and give us nothing but Zoom in return. Awesome.

You are free to stop paying and find a new spot when things reopen.

Nope. There’s an annual contract.

That contract assumes they are providing you a service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our just told us we have to keep paying full tuition to keep our daycare spots, and that they will not be waiving the 30-day notice of cancellation. And they reminded us that they have a long waiting list of parents willing to pay!

I love our daycare but I thought this was not a great message to send to families who might be facing financial challenges themselves. We have secure jobs so are only dealing with childcare challenges while we try to telework full time.

This is quite the bluff! I wonder if they do have parents who'd be willing to start paying full price, right now, just to reserve a spot for an unknown opening date.

[Anonymous]

OP again.

I totally get that there are bigger problems and challenges than teleworking with toddlers, but mental health of working parents of young kids is a valid issue. It may cause as much stress and resulting health problems as losing a job.

I wish there were more clarity on what it would take to reopen daycares/ guidance, etc. on national/ state and local level so parents can make decisions.

I just do not know what to do. How are parents supposed to work? It's a rhetorical question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

I totally get that there are bigger problems and challenges than teleworking with toddlers, but mental health of working parents of young kids is a valid issue. It may cause as much stress and resulting health problems as losing a job.

I wish there were more clarity on what it would take to reopen daycares/ guidance, etc. on national/ state and local level so parents can make decisions.

I just do not know what to do. How are parents supposed to work? It's a rhetorical question.

I totally get what you're struggling with, I have young kids too and am struggling with the same challenges to care for them and get my work done. I think we need to be prepared, though, that daycares might not get back to normal operating status until the fall. A lot of childcare workers have children of their own, and so one thing to which your daycare could tie reopening is adequate camps/schools/other supervised environments for the children of daycare workers. Schools will be out for the rest of the year, so that takes us at least through June until they reopen. Then we have to see if there will be summer camps, which is looking increasingly questionable. If camps don't run, then it's going to be September before they might reopen. If that's the time horizon we're looking at, what's your best option for keeping this going another 4-5 months?

[Anonymous]

I hear you OP- we are in MD and I wish they would just say whether they plan to follow reopening of daycares OR schools. They closed with the schools. They are collecting donations to "support the teachers" rather than mandatory tuition, but haven't said how they are paying the rent, for instance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again.

I totally get that there are bigger problems and challenges than teleworking with toddlers, but mental health of working parents of young kids is a valid issue. It may cause as much stress and resulting health problems as losing a job.

I wish there were more clarity on what it would take to reopen daycares/ guidance, etc. on national/ state and local level so parents can make decisions.

I just do not know what to do. How are parents supposed to work? It's a rhetorical question.

I totally get what you're struggling with, I have young kids too and am struggling with the same challenges to care for them and get my work done. I think we need to be prepared, though, that daycares might not get back to normal operating status until the fall. A lot of childcare workers have children of their own, and so one thing to which your daycare could tie reopening is adequate camps/schools/other supervised environments for the children of daycare workers. Schools will be out for the rest of the year, so that takes us at least through June until they reopen. Then we have to see if there will be summer camps, which is looking increasingly questionable. If camps don't run, then it's going to be September before they might reopen. If that's the time horizon we're looking at, what's your best option for keeping this going another 4-5 months?

With the CDC's warning of a potentially worse second wave in the fall, I'd think beyond that honestly. If things are as bad or worse than now in the fall, closures will happen all over again.

[Anonymous]

Ours in DC is purporting to open on June 1, but I just don't know if I am comfortable sending DD back. But if not then, when? and what will happen with second wave in the fall, when daycares are a petri dish of illness anyways?

There just really aren't any good options. And we're the lucky ones (DH and I who can pay full tuition to keep options open and are making it work with teleworking somehow).

[Anonymous]

Ours is closed in May. We are given the option of withdrawing with no penalty, or continue with online education for $500 per kid.

[Anonymous]

Ours is shady with the details and I think the teachers haven’t been laid off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are going to take all our money and give us nothing but Zoom in return. Awesome.

You are free to stop paying and find a new spot when things reopen.

Nope. There’s an annual contract.

That contract assumes they are providing you a service.

Sue and lawyer up

[Anonymous]

Ours has been extremely forthcoming with their finances and what's going on. We feel extremely lucky to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is closed in May. We are given the option of withdrawing with no penalty, or continue with online education for $500 per kid.

"Online education" at $500/mo for a preschool child or withdraw - what choices!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they give you reopening criteria when the decision isn't in their hands? It'll depend on what the state says. Right now most schools are mandated to be closed, except for some daycares only for essential personnel.

Then say "we will open as soon a permitted subject to (1) (2) (3)"

Isn't it obvious that they would open up as soon as they're permitted by the state? Who wouldn't do that?

PP - you really aren't getting what the OP is asking. Just stop.