Does the Montgomery County directive to close private schools apply to preschools?

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Anonymous wrote:No clue. Our center goes from infants through kindergarten and they just got licensed to offer 1st and 2nd grade too.

Ooh - which center is this?

The Goddard School in Gaithersburg. I think the Silver Spring location is doing it too.

They've always offered kindergarten, but expanded from 1 to 3 classes, given the number of parents who didn't want their kids doing kindergarten virtually through MCPS. They were planning on offering 1st and 2nd grade if there was enough demand, though I don't know how this order will impact that.

Not Pp, but my kid is in Goddard school in Gaithersburg pre-k program because she is 4 year old. I wonder will this new regulation will make the whole school closed in person ( even babies till pre k program) because they offer program up to 2nd grade. Even they decide to drop the 1st & 2nd grade class, they still have 3 classrooms of kindergarten programs.

If they are licensed as a daycare too, could then not just change their K program to child care officially while still "teaching" K skills

As someone who plans to send their rising kindergartner to private K in a licensed child care facility, that type of designation would make me nervous because I need to demonstrate he is in kindergarten in order to be promoted to 1st grade next year. I am not sure if child care that teaches K skills would count. I hope that's not what this directive forces preschools offering private K to do. Private 1st and 2nd in a preschool is sort of a stretch, but many preschools offer private K under pre-covid circumstances

[Anonymous]

It does seem ridiculous that you have school or not based on whether your private pre-k/kindergarten is at a preschool or a primary type of school. If it isn’t safe for one, isn’t it the similarly unsafe for the other?

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Anonymous wrote:It does seem ridiculous that you have school or not based on whether your private pre-k/kindergarten is at a preschool or a primary type of school. If it isn’t safe for one, isn’t it the similarly unsafe for the other?

The categories were created prior to the pandemic. They can't completely shut down child care. School is not the same thing as child care.

[Anonymous]

Oh come on, everyone knows that school is the same as childcare until a kid is old enough to be at home by his or herself.

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Anonymous wrote:It does seem ridiculous that you have school or not based on whether your private pre-k/kindergarten is at a preschool or a primary type of school. If it isn’t safe for one, isn’t it the similarly unsafe for the other?

The categories were created prior to the pandemic. They can't completely shut down child care. School is not the same thing as child care.

The classification doesn’t really affect whether it’s safe or not. They are both buildings with a group of children in them, following the same safety protocols.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh come on, everyone knows that school is the same as childcare until a kid is old enough to be at home by his or herself.

Yes, it functions as such in practice. But not every family needs child care. Every child needs an education.

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Anonymous wrote:No clue. Our center goes from infants through kindergarten and they just got licensed to offer 1st and 2nd grade too.

Ooh - which center is this?

The Goddard School in Gaithersburg. I think the Silver Spring location is doing it too.

They've always offered kindergarten, but expanded from 1 to 3 classes, given the number of parents who didn't want their kids doing kindergarten virtually through MCPS. They were planning on offering 1st and 2nd grade if there was enough demand, though I don't know how this order will impact that.

Not Pp, but my kid is in Goddard school in Gaithersburg pre-k program because she is 4 year old. I wonder will this new regulation will make the whole school closed in person ( even babies till pre k program) because they offer program up to 2nd grade. Even they decide to drop the 1st & 2nd grade class, they still have 3 classrooms of kindergarten programs.

If they are licensed as a daycare too, could then not just change their K program to child care officially while still "teaching" K skills

As someone who plans to send their rising kindergartner to private K in a licensed child care facility, that type of designation would make me nervous because I need to demonstrate he is in kindergarten in order to be promoted to 1st grade next year. I am not sure if child care that teaches K skills would count. I hope that's not what this directive forces preschools offering private K to do. Private 1st and 2nd in a preschool is sort of a stretch, but many preschools offer private K under pre-covid circumstances

I don't think you understand licensing. You can be licensed to provide preschool and elementary education. That's what that center has obtained.

[Anonymous]

Government hogan reverse the order, private can be opened in person if there are safety measure.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/gov-hogan-overrules-montgomery-co-issues-order-allowing-schools-to-decide-reopening

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No clue. Our center goes from infants through kindergarten and they just got licensed to offer 1st and 2nd grade too.

Ooh - which center is this?

The Goddard School in Gaithersburg. I think the Silver Spring location is doing it too.

They've always offered kindergarten, but expanded from 1 to 3 classes, given the number of parents who didn't want their kids doing kindergarten virtually through MCPS. They were planning on offering 1st and 2nd grade if there was enough demand, though I don't know how this order will impact that.

Not Pp, but my kid is in Goddard school in Gaithersburg pre-k program because she is 4 year old. I wonder will this new regulation will make the whole school closed in person ( even babies till pre k program) because they offer program up to 2nd grade. Even they decide to drop the 1st & 2nd grade class, they still have 3 classrooms of kindergarten programs.

If they are licensed as a daycare too, could then not just change their K program to child care officially while still "teaching" K skills

As someone who plans to send their rising kindergartner to private K in a licensed child care facility, that type of designation would make me nervous because I need to demonstrate he is in kindergarten in order to be promoted to 1st grade next year. I am not sure if child care that teaches K skills would count. I hope that's not what this directive forces preschools offering private K to do. Private 1st and 2nd in a preschool is sort of a stretch, but many preschools offer private K under pre-covid circumstances

You can get an exception to the kindergarten requirement if you send your child to a licensed daycare, so the distinction is moot.