How to fight this new anti-childcare winter weather approach?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What do folks make of this bit? "Going forward, we will work to be clearer about any deviation from our usual operating practices, strive to make decisions earlier when possible, and communicate more directly when something changes from what you typically expect."

They're clearly trying to say something between the lines regarding what they will do differently next time and what they won't... but what?

I'm just speculating here, but I think no one explained to Taylor before today that MCPS typically let the child care providers open. He may not have understood past operating practices and community expectations.

I don't think that takes him off the hook for a bad decision. It still would have been a bad decision even if it had been common practice before.

I don't know what it implies for future decisions, though.

I doubt this is it. Besides all the other people who would tell him, I (a random parent) actually emailed him to tell him this last winter (well, not in the context of a delayed opening, but in the context of letting child cares have the discretion to open on the third of those 3 snow days inJanuary as they had been in the past, so more-or-leas the same thing ). He actually personally replied briefly to me, so I know he read it

Actually, looking back at it again, his answer from last January is illuminating. He referred to the challenge of not "being able to open all of our sites" because of issues with facility conditions in some places as well as that "not all providers could guarantee being able to staff their programs.". He seemed then, and maybe now, very focused on the idea that if not all child care programs could open, none of them should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do folks make of this bit? "Going forward, we will work to be clearer about any deviation from our usual operating practices, strive to make decisions earlier when possible, and communicate more directly when something changes from what you typically expect."

They're clearly trying to say something between the lines regarding what they will do differently next time and what they won't... but what?

I'm just speculating here, but I think no one explained to Taylor before today that MCPS typically let the child care providers open. He may not have understood past operating practices and community expectations.

I don't think that takes him off the hook for a bad decision. It still would have been a bad decision even if it had been common practice before.

I don't know what it implies for future decisions, though.

I doubt this is it. Besides all the other people who would tell him, I (a random parent) actually emailed him to tell him this last winter (well, not in the context of a delayed opening, but in the context of letting child cares have the discretion to open on the third of those 3 snow days inJanuary as they had been in the past, so more-or-leas the same thing ). He actually personally replied briefly to me, so I know he read it

Actually, looking back at it again, his answer from last January is illuminating. He referred to the challenge of not "being able to open all of our sites" because of issues with facility conditions in some places as well as that "not all providers could guarantee being able to staff their programs.". He seemed then, and maybe now, very focused on the idea that if not all child care programs could open, none of them should.

Reading isn't the same thing as believing. I also wouldn't be surprised if his staff respond to messages from his account.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP does not comprehend that workers at childcare centers exist and go home at night.

And she forgets that public schools are not childcare.

I mean, they are, but that's not really the point. In this case, private child care providers were not allowed to provide their services to families specifically because of MCPS.

+1 And beforecare is expensive, and people do it precisely because of instances like today, where MCPS closes due to a bit of rain, and no other workplace in the DMV area does. They're hurting the private providers by not letting them do their jobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

Maybe at first. At least, they understandably weren't sure at first. But that doesn't explain why they didn't reopen in fall 2020 when many other schools did, and after Europe demonstrated it was safe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP does not comprehend that workers at childcare centers exist and go home at night.

And she forgets that public schools are not childcare.

Buzz off, jerk. We're not saying that public schools are child care. We're just asking MCPS to get their noses out of our relationship with the private child care providers who we contract with to provide child care for us, especially when they're doing it in breathtakingly pointless and idiotic ways. Even they admitted it was a mistake, why can't you?

Bc they still have staff they manage. This seems impossible for you to understand.

MCPS doesn't manage child care staff. They're run by private entities. And MCPS building staff had already been directed to report to schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

Maybe at first. At least, they understandably weren't sure at first. But that doesn't explain why they didn't reopen in fall 2020 when many other schools did, and after Europe demonstrated it was safe.

You cannot compare the situations when those schools were much smaller and took precautions, which MCPS parents refused.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP does not comprehend that workers at childcare centers exist and go home at night.

And she forgets that public schools are not childcare.

I mean, they are, but that's not really the point. In this case, private child care providers were not allowed to provide their services to families specifically because of MCPS.

+1 And beforecare is expensive, and people do it precisely because of instances like today, where MCPS closes due to a bit of rain, and no other workplace in the DMV area does. They're hurting the private providers by not letting them do their jobs.

The problem is staff are traveling and the buses may not be able to handle things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP does not comprehend that workers at childcare centers exist and go home at night.

And she forgets that public schools are not childcare.

I mean, they are, but that's not really the point. In this case, private child care providers were not allowed to provide their services to families specifically because of MCPS.

+1 And beforecare is expensive, and people do it precisely because of instances like today, where MCPS closes due to a bit of rain, and no other workplace in the DMV area does. They're hurting the private providers by not letting them do their jobs.

The problem is staff are traveling and the buses may not be able to handle things.

MCPS building staff were reporting to schools. MCPS buses were running to pick up high school kids. And county and WMATA buses were running normally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

Maybe at first. At least, they understandably weren't sure at first. But that doesn't explain why they didn't reopen in fall 2020 when many other schools did, and after Europe demonstrated it was safe.

You cannot compare the situations when those schools were much smaller and took precautions, which MCPS parents refused.

lol is this a joke? MCPS took way more "precautions" than most other schools across the country did. My kids were in masks way longer than anyone else I knew. School kids in most European countries never even wore them. And large schools are not unique to MCPS, get out of your bubble.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is Karka Silvestre and Julie Yang are getting (rightfully) nervous about their prospects for being elected to the County Council. I will be telling everyone I know not to vote for these psychos.

If not Karla or Julie, probably some councilmembers or Elrich himself told Taylor he needed to apologize. Taylor did not apologize because he made a mistake. He apologized because he made a decision that ruffled too many of the wrong feathers.

Yeah I think this is it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP does not comprehend that workers at childcare centers exist and go home at night.

And she forgets that public schools are not childcare.

I mean, they are, but that's not really the point. In this case, private child care providers were not allowed to provide their services to families specifically because of MCPS.

+1 And beforecare is expensive, and people do it precisely because of instances like today, where MCPS closes due to a bit of rain, and no other workplace in the DMV area does. They're hurting the private providers by not letting them do their jobs.

The problem is staff are traveling and the buses may not be able to handle things.

MCPS building staff were reporting to schools. MCPS buses were running to pick up high school kids. And county and WMATA buses were running normally.

We have teachers coming from all over MD, VA and DC. I’d rather a two hour delay to give them time to get in safely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

Maybe at first. At least, they understandably weren't sure at first. But that doesn't explain why they didn't reopen in fall 2020 when many other schools did, and after Europe demonstrated it was safe.

You cannot compare the situations when those schools were much smaller and took precautions, which MCPS parents refused.

lol is this a joke? MCPS took way more "precautions" than most other schools across the country did. My kids were in masks way longer than anyone else I knew. School kids in most European countries never even wore them. And large schools are not unique to MCPS, get out of your bubble.

Get out of your bubble. They took other precautions to make it happen. Was it really that hard to have your kids home or mask. In my bubble, we list family and friends. I’d gladly keep my kids home or mask to have them alive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you miss … Covid? The schools do not care about parents.

Yes, they did. Going virtual kept some parents, students, and family members alive. Sorry, parenting is so hard for you.

Maybe at first. At least, they understandably weren't sure at first. But that doesn't explain why they didn't reopen in fall 2020 when many other schools did, and after Europe demonstrated it was safe.

You cannot compare the situations when those schools were much smaller and took precautions, which MCPS parents refused.

lol is this a joke? MCPS took way more "precautions" than most other schools across the country did. My kids were in masks way longer than anyone else I knew. School kids in most European countries never even wore them. And large schools are not unique to MCPS, get out of your bubble.

Get out of your bubble. They took other precautions to make it happen. Was it really that hard to have your kids home or mask. In my bubble, we list family and friends. I’d gladly keep my kids home or mask to have them alive.

Please list them. I wasn't complaining about the masks, I was saying kids wore them here when they didn't slewhere. You sound defensive, why is that?

[Anonymous]

*elsewhere