Wed no school or 2hr delay?

[Anonymous]

Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you need childcare to be open on days when the school system is closed, you should look into child care that is not located in the school buildings.

Where is there childcare for school age kids besides the school buildings? Most of us can't drive our kid somewhere after school, we have to work, so the programs would have to pick up the kids from school or something, which I've never heard of. Care in the buildings is really the only option for working parents (unless you're rich enough for a nanny I guess.)

But also childcare in school buildings has always worked just fine at the tail end of snowstorms, when the rest of the county is back to work but schools aren't open yet. No reason why that should change.

There's many that will drop off and pick up kids from school. Look at gyms, Karate, Tae kwon do studios near your child's school. There's other options through some bigger churches as well. They have the flexibility of not having to follow MCPS decisions, although some still choose to do so.

Do you even have kids or have you ever used aftercare? You sound like you don’t understand how it works. Working parents need several hour of after school care. Feel free to name a local gym or tae kwon do studio that doubles as regular childcare for parents. I don’t know of any that do this on a daily basis during the school year. I can’t imagine a reputable sports establishment doing this.

This is a pretty common model, lots of elementary schools have programs that pick up. Here is just one:

https://www.aplustaekwondo.com/afterschool

DP I don't understand the relevance of this. Are they open tomorrow for a full day of care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

I don't have a nanny on retainer and my parents are old and can't watch our kid multiple days in a row.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

[Anonymous]

Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you need childcare to be open on days when the school system is closed, you should look into child care that is not located in the school buildings.

Where is there childcare for school age kids besides the school buildings? Most of us can't drive our kid somewhere after school, we have to work, so the programs would have to pick up the kids from school or something, which I've never heard of. Care in the buildings is really the only option for working parents (unless you're rich enough for a nanny I guess.)

But also childcare in school buildings has always worked just fine at the tail end of snowstorms, when the rest of the county is back to work but schools aren't open yet. No reason why that should change.

There's many that will drop off and pick up kids from school. Look at gyms, Karate, Tae kwon do studios near your child's school. There's other options through some bigger churches as well. They have the flexibility of not having to follow MCPS decisions, although some still choose to do so.

Do you even have kids or have you ever used aftercare? You sound like you don’t understand how it works. Working parents need several hour of after school care. Feel free to name a local gym or tae kwon do studio that doubles as regular childcare for parents. I don’t know of any that do this on a daily basis during the school year. I can’t imagine a reputable sports establishment doing this.

This is a pretty common model, lots of elementary schools have programs that pick up. Here is just one:

https://www.aplustaekwondo.com/afterschool

DP I don't understand the relevance of this. Are they open tomorrow for a full day of care?

Why don't you call them and ask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

Are you volunteering to work at the child care centers? Many of the workers are paid minimum wage and may not be able to get there.

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Anonymous wrote:Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

Are you volunteering to work at the child care centers? Many of the workers are paid minimum wage and may not be able to get there.

Let the providers decide. You don't know any of these workers and are pretending you can speak for them which is completely gross and disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school is closed then one of the parents just has to take a day off.

You people complain about EVERYTHING.

I'm glad that your family can easily absorb having a parent take 3 to 5 days off work in a row, without pay for many of us (myself included.). Maybe realize we're not all as lucky as you are and have a little compassion?

We will be unpaid too. I'd rather my spouse be alive than risk driving in this. We were unpaid during the shutdown as well. You think you are the only one. My spouse gets zero PTO. We plan our finances around it. Why don't you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

Are you volunteering to work at the child care centers? Many of the workers are paid minimum wage and may not be able to get there.

Let them make that decision for themselves. The roads are a lot better than you seem to think.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

Sigh. Can't argue with stupid, I guess. The 50% number is wrong. This is what I'm trying to tell you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

Are you volunteering to work at the child care centers? Many of the workers are paid minimum wage and may not be able to get there.

Let the providers decide. You don't know any of these workers and are pretending you can speak for them which is completely gross and disgusting.

Many workers don't get a choice. Clearly you've never worked in child care. Why don't you offer to go pick them up and drive them home if you think its so safe. Your entitlement to risk others' lives is gross and disgusting. You can find another family and rotate child care or find a way to make it work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rec centers are open tomorrow. They can definitely open child care by Wednesday

Are you volunteering to work at the child care centers? Many of the workers are paid minimum wage and may not be able to get there.

Let the providers decide. You don't know any of these workers and are pretending you can speak for them which is completely gross and disgusting.

Many workers don't get a choice. Clearly you've never worked in child care. Why don't you offer to go pick them up and drive them home if you think its so safe. Your entitlement to risk others' lives is gross and disgusting. You can find another family and rotate child care or find a way to make it work.

Omg you are out of your mind

[Anonymous]

Everything is going to be open tomorrow and MCPS central staffers will be sitting on their a$$es or partying it up, and then they whine that we don't want to give them more money