Daycare is reopening 2 days/week with very limited hours (half the class goes two days then switch)

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Anonymous wrote:Move to MD with an extra bedroom and get an au pair

Trump just cancelled all au pair visas through 2021

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/890322.page

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Anonymous wrote:One option is to do what they did and stagger but keep everyone enrolled. Another option is to do what our daycare did and just cut people. It stinks either way, but I don't see how several days/week can work for anyone, whereas FT with cuts at least works for the families who made it.

The criteria used by our provider to make cuts were full-time (no part-time anymore), good financial standing, essential workers, county employees, and families with special medical/developmental needs (as we have two nurses on staff FT). Some who just met the first two made it. Everyone else is now looking for other providers.

Do you know if they anticipate being able to offer more spots later, as things open up more? This is OP. I’m not sure if more spots will open up at our school later. My husband has a call set up with the director to ask.

NP here, we were just told about a similar process in our DC daycare-- they are talking lottery and waitlisting existing families. We were told that its driven by the 10 person limit in by DC licensing. I'd honestly prefer the 2 days rather than having enrollment cancelled altogether. I'd love some information if DC is considering increasing the 10 person group size-- VA is 12, etc.