How Long to Pay Daycare - COVID
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Anonymous
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We're paying both our children's daycare bills even though they're both out of daycare. If they're out of daycare for more than 2-4 weeks, should we stop paying even if it risks us not being able to get back in these daycares? I understand they need to pay their workers, but we're not going to pay $3,500/month for two kids for 4-6 months, if not longer.
Anyone going through this? Have you been contacted by your daycare provider? |
Anonymous
| I'd stop at the end of March. They will get federal or state relief as an essential small business. |
Anonymous
| My son's preschool hasn't said a thing about reducing tuition. At least the teachers are still getting paid... |
Anonymous
I'm all for the teachers getting paid, but I'm not personally subsidizing the baristas or wait staff who work at cafes and restaurants I used to go to. It's not parents - a lot of whom will be laid off - responsibility to pay thousands of dollars a month for services they're not receiving. |
Anonymous
| My daycare sent an email that they will keep March payments, but stop charging as of April 1. |
Anonymous
| My two kids are still going to daycare. I will continue to keep them in and pay as long as possible. The teachers there need their job to survive. They live paycheck to paycheck. I also make sure to drop off breakfast for the staff, or lunch, or snacks. I also drop off cleaning supplies as I come across them so they can use at the daycare and at their homes. Times like these, we need to work together. |
Anonymous
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We aren't paying past the end of March.
My job is secure but my husband's job is one that relies on the service industry purchasing from his company. Restaurants and bars are closed, so obviously, no purchases are coming in. They've been given notice that furloughs are possible if this goes too long into April. We both decided that after March, with the high possibility of him being without pay, we aren't going to stretch ourselves or dip into savings to pay for a daycare that can't be used. There's been little communication from the school as well. They seem to be just as lost and clueless as everyone else in how this is all going to play out. Even if we lose our spot for nonpayment, the school mine is at now does not have a waiting list except for the 0-6 month room. I feel like we'd be fine to get back in. |
Anonymous
| How do you know the teachers are getting paid? Our daycare just laid off all the assistants and only the head teachers are being paid. They are closed yet we were billed for April. They don’t know if they will reopen in April! |
Anonymous
| Our home-based daycare provider is requesting full pay until the end of March then 50% per week after that. I’m okay with paying through the end of the month, but really upset that she would ask us to pay beyond that. I understand the circumstances are unprecedented, but I will need to find backup care and won’t be able to pay for both if she is still closed. Anyone else in this boat? |
Anonymous
That sounds reasonable to hold the slot. |
Anonymous
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It took me so long to get off the waiting list for each kid.... anything near my apt or commute is so difficult to get into that it's worth continuing to pay.
I'm still getting paid by my employer and am using grandparents as daycare while I telework (they agreed to the risk and we're all sheltering in place at their house), so if anyone should pay tuition to keep our nonprofit daycare open, it should be me! |
Anonymous
| I would only want to keep paying if I knew for certain that employees were getting their full pay. If I found out a provider was not paying staff, I'd be out. |
Anonymous
| Ours is at a full-day preschool, but we plan on continuing to pay for April. |
Anonymous
Agree. |
Anonymous
| My prediction. Some parents will not pay for daycare services not provided. When this happens, the staff pay will be reduced or stopped. |