Daycares with confirmed COVID 19

[Anonymous]

Our daycare has had a few covid cases. The first was a month or so ago - a caregiver was positive. The teams are divided 50/50 to prevent cross exposure.

We had another one last week. A caregiver and one of the kids in the room.

My other friend had 3 kids and a caregiver get it at their preschool.

As others said the idea is just to not have outbreaks, but these will happen at every center and more as the weather brings people inside.

[Anonymous]

Penn Quarter Kindercare, which reopened mid-June, recently reported one confirmed and one presumed positive case in their infant "pod." The entire center (not just the infant room) is closed for two weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP just stop it. Yes, there have been sporadic cases at preschools. No there have not been outbreaks in this area.

Remember when we all agreed to flatten the curve? Now, if you have 1 case somewhere, someone says “CLOSE IT ALL DOWN!!!!”

Sure. Let the economy die right? Shut up

[Anonymous]

There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP just stop it. Yes, there have been sporadic cases at preschools. No there have not been outbreaks in this area.

Remember when we all agreed to flatten the curve? Now, if you have 1 case somewhere, someone says “CLOSE IT ALL DOWN!!!!”

Sure. Let the economy die right? Shut up

NP. "Shut up"? sounds like you're saying the same thing PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

[Anonymous]

We’ve been in since March and have only had 1 case. Pretty great imo

[Anonymous]

Confirmed case at a Fairfax location. Sounds like a staff member. So far no one else has it and apparently the last time they were there was 10 days or so ago. Fingers crossed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

Maybe not but best practices aren’t rocket science. We all know pretty well now what to do. Small group sizes. No mixing between the groups. Masks. Lots of hand washing. As much outside time as possible. Good ventilation inside. Temp checks at drop off. No parents inside the facility. Etc. But some of the daycares haven’t even implemented masks and small group sizes, so they need to start there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

Maybe not but best practices aren’t rocket science. We all know pretty well now what to do. Small group sizes. No mixing between the groups. Masks. Lots of hand washing. As much outside time as possible. Good ventilation inside. Temp checks at drop off. No parents inside the facility. Etc. But some of the daycares haven’t even implemented masks and small group sizes, so they need to start there.

Ours is doing an OK job but just OK. They talk a better talk than they actually do. In the policy masks are stated to be encouraged but they aren't encouraging them so because of that only a small number of parents teach their kids to wear them (it really isn't that hard) and unless the parents say they want their kids to always wear them they let the kids take them off. Also, they aren't practicing social distancing during circle time or on the playground. It also seems like they are mixing classes some or at least teachers. Sigh....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

Maybe not but best practices aren’t rocket science. We all know pretty well now what to do. Small group sizes. No mixing between the groups. Masks. Lots of hand washing. As much outside time as possible. Good ventilation inside. Temp checks at drop off. No parents inside the facility. Etc. But some of the daycares haven’t even implemented masks and small group sizes, so they need to start there.

Yup, you would think that this is common sense by now, but my daycare has split each class into two groups and is planning to have kids switch off teachers each week. If one of the kids or teachers is contagious on Friday but not symptomatic until Tuesday you have just compromised both groups. I need child care, so I don’t want to be too squeaky of a wheel, but this just strikes me as being so dumb.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

Maybe not but best practices aren’t rocket science. We all know pretty well now what to do. Small group sizes. No mixing between the groups. Masks. Lots of hand washing. As much outside time as possible. Good ventilation inside. Temp checks at drop off. No parents inside the facility. Etc. But some of the daycares haven’t even implemented masks and small group sizes, so they need to start there.

Ours is doing an OK job but just OK. They talk a better talk than they actually do. In the policy masks are stated to be encouraged but they aren't encouraging them so because of that only a small number of parents teach their kids to wear them (it really isn't that hard) and unless the parents say they want their kids to always wear them they let the kids take them off. Also, they aren't practicing social distancing during circle time or on the playground. It also seems like they are mixing classes some or at least teachers. Sigh....

Ours is the same. We're probably exposed to 50 families.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was one outbreak at an Alexandria daycare. The center wan’r being smart (had a floater going between classrooms, and other inadvisable practices) and they had at least four teachers and multiple students test positive. If they had been keeping everyone in a pod they wouldn’t have gotten shut down because it wouldn’t have spread across the school.

Do you know which one?

Yup, but I’m not going to name names because the health department is involved now, so I assume that they will step up their game. No need to publicly shame them. I just wanted it to be clear that outbreaks can and have happened.

And I am the poster from right above. I wish that the health departments would/could take a more active role in advising centers what the best practices are. My understanding is that the health department doesn’t step in until there is an outbreak, which is ridiculous.

Maybe not but best practices aren’t rocket science. We all know pretty well now what to do. Small group sizes. No mixing between the groups. Masks. Lots of hand washing. As much outside time as possible. Good ventilation inside. Temp checks at drop off. No parents inside the facility. Etc. But some of the daycares haven’t even implemented masks and small group sizes, so they need to start there.

Ours is doing an OK job but just OK. They talk a better talk than they actually do. In the policy masks are stated to be encouraged but they aren't encouraging them so because of that only a small number of parents teach their kids to wear them (it really isn't that hard) and unless the parents say they want their kids to always wear them they let the kids take them off. Also, they aren't practicing social distancing during circle time or on the playground. It also seems like they are mixing classes some or at least teachers. Sigh....

Ours is the same. We're probably exposed to 50 families.

A nanny share would limit your exposure and is not that much more expensive in the long run. Something to consider.