I bet all daycares in MoCo open June 22nd

[Anonymous]

Huh? Our preschool/daycare Georgetown Hill is opening next week. We knew about this for 2 weeks now!

[Anonymous]

Personally, I want to bring my kids to an Elrich press conference with a sign saying "if you won't open daycares, will YOU watch my kids?"

But it seems like Elrich has gone into hiding at an undisclosed location.

[Anonymous]

I'm told HHS is going to be putting something out on this tomorrow. Since it's not the county executive's office, you can safely bet that it will be vague and unhelpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I want to bring my kids to an Elrich press conference with a sign saying "if you won't open daycares, will YOU watch my kids?"

But it seems like Elrich has gone into hiding at an undisclosed location.

I can’t stand him. And I’m a lifelong Democrat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

And yet the County Deptnof Health is not letting them follow the state’s order. Infuriating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

Not right now. No one in Montgomery County has regulatory control over daycares, since that rests in the state.

Yet, the county is still keeping them shut down, and presumably some department is going to have to oversee that. It seems like it will either be MCPS or HHS. (Probably the latter)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

WTF. I am beyond passed at Elrich at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

Not right now. No one in Montgomery County has regulatory control over daycares, since that rests in the state.

Yet, the county is still keeping them shut down, and presumably some department is going to have to oversee that. It seems like it will either be MCPS or HHS. (Probably the latter)

Are you freaking kidding me? Please post a link when this is confirmed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

Not right now. No one in Montgomery County has regulatory control over daycares, since that rests in the state.

Yet, the county is still keeping them shut down, and presumably some department is going to have to oversee that. It seems like it will either be MCPS or HHS. (Probably the latter)

But for how long? Until we get to phase 2? Or some unspecified time beyond that?

[Anonymous]

How can the county just seize control of something that’s supposed to be under the control of the state?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can the county just seize control of something that’s supposed to be under the control of the state?

That’s what I’m wondering too. Waiting to see official word and then off to write Hogan and MSDE again.

I feel like the county isn’t really thinking this through- do they really WANT this responsibility? Are they going to have someone administer their version of the EPCC program? Would they actually be able to enforce the restrictions, since state licensing usually handles compliance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard from our center that Montgomery County is continuing to restrict their ability to open for everyone because they are only in stage 1. For the providers on here, whom in the county could parents call to complain? And can the state intervene at this point to require the county to allow child care centers to open?

What does “restrict their ability to open” mean? Ours has been open for the whole time—first as an EPCC, now open to more families, but with capacity restrictions.

So what do you mean by restrict their ability?

Restrict their ability in that the state is saying that it is now open to everyone, not based on phases of reopening. And the capacity restrictions have increased (to 15/room from 10). MCPS is saying that they will only allow people authorized to have daycare in phase 1 to enroll, and At the lower capacity.

MCPS doesn’t have control over daycares.

Not right now. No one in Montgomery County has regulatory control over daycares, since that rests in the state.

Yet, the county is still keeping them shut down, and presumably some department is going to have to oversee that. It seems like it will either be MCPS or HHS. (Probably the latter)

Are you freaking kidding me? Please post a link when this is confirmed.

For starters scroll through the Montgomery county government Facebook page and you will find it mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can the county just seize control of something that’s supposed to be under the control of the state?

That’s what I’m wondering too. Waiting to see official word and then off to write Hogan and MSDE again.

I feel like the county isn’t really thinking this through- do they really WANT this responsibility? Are they going to have someone administer their version of the EPCC program? Would they actually be able to enforce the restrictions, since state licensing usually handles compliance?

Realistically, I expect HHS to say any daycare is allowed to open, provided they reopen under the state's procedures. But, they'll say they're only allowed to serve essential/phase I employees. And they're not going to clarify who that includes.

On the flip side, I'm also 99.999% sure there will be zero enforcement of this. No documentation on this will go to the county, so they'll never know what jobs the parents of the kids have.