I bet all daycares in MoCo open June 22nd

[Anonymous]

With VA going into phase two this week, it feels like all of their daycares are open and nothing in MoCo is. I bet our phase two starts the 19th and daycares open on June 22nd. From the beginning I've been saying the first day of summer!

[Anonymous]

Do you mean open for everyone, or open for phase 2 workers? Because my daycare is opening, but only for the workers allowed by exec order, and we can't use it until phase 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean open for everyone, or open for phase 2 workers? Because my daycare is opening, but only for the workers allowed by exec order, and we can't use it until phase 3.

Why can't you use it? If you're working or teleworking, you satisfy the requirement of being a phase 1 or phase 2 worker.

[Anonymous]

Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

[Anonymous]

I think that families with the oldest kid being 4 will rejoice. But if you already have to make alternative arrangements for a 5+ kid because camps are closed, you might as well keep the younger one(s) out of daycare. I guess people want to hold their spot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

That’s why there have been no outbreaks sourced to a preschool, right?

[Anonymous]

Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer. More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer. More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit

Right. I asked one of DD’s teachers about whether the EPCC thing is done or not today and she said, “It sort of is and sort of isn’t. It’s pretty confusing, but given the 50% capacity limit we have, there are definitely going to be parents who aren’t going to have spots once workplaces start opening up more.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer. More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit

Right. I asked one of DD’s teachers about whether the EPCC thing is done or not today and she said, “It sort of is and sort of isn’t. It’s pretty confusing, but given the 50% capacity limit we have, there are definitely going to be parents who aren’t going to have spots once workplaces start opening up more.”

Oh — one more thing. She said that, since they have to limit each room to 10 people (kids and teachers), the existing childcare ratios mean there are more spots for older kids than younger ones. My 3 year old can be in a room with 9 kids and 1 teacher, but an infant room can’t have a 9 to 1 ratio.

So the restrictions screw over the parents of younger kids more than older kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

MoCo and NoVa have been on identical schedules thus far. Expect Elrich’s announcement soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer. More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit

Right. I asked one of DD’s teachers about whether the EPCC thing is done or not today and she said, “It sort of is and sort of isn’t. It’s pretty confusing, but given the 50% capacity limit we have, there are definitely going to be parents who aren’t going to have spots once workplaces start opening up more.”

Oh — one more thing. She said that, since they have to limit each room to 10 people (kids and teachers), the existing childcare ratios mean there are more spots for older kids than younger ones. My 3 year old can be in a room with 9 kids and 1 teacher, but an infant room can’t have a 9 to 1 ratio.

So the restrictions screw over the parents of younger kids more than older kids.

I don't follow. My, perhaps naive, understanding was that the 10-person-limit would do a lot more to decrease spots for older kids rather than infants/toddlers. For example, I think you've always been limited to 6 infants in an infant room.

That's very different than, say, a 3 or 4 year old room where you ostensibly could have had 20 kids in there. This new rule cuts that more than in half.

Am I wrong in my understanding here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

MoCo and NoVa have been on identical schedules thus far. Expect Elrich’s announcement soon.

On what? Daycares? The state is handling that, not the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer. More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit

Right. I asked one of DD’s teachers about whether the EPCC thing is done or not today and she said, “It sort of is and sort of isn’t. It’s pretty confusing, but given the 50% capacity limit we have, there are definitely going to be parents who aren’t going to have spots once workplaces start opening up more.”

Oh — one more thing. She said that, since they have to limit each room to 10 people (kids and teachers), the existing childcare ratios mean there are more spots for older kids than younger ones. My 3 year old can be in a room with 9 kids and 1 teacher, but an infant room can’t have a 9 to 1 ratio.

So the restrictions screw over the parents of younger kids more than older kids.

I don't follow. My, perhaps naive, understanding was that the 10-person-limit would do a lot more to decrease spots for older kids rather than infants/toddlers. For example, I think you've always been limited to 6 infants in an infant room.

That's very different than, say, a 3 or 4 year old room where you ostensibly could have had 20 kids in there. This new rule cuts that more than in half.

Am I wrong in my understanding here?

Correct: Maryland state regulations for childcare centers (not in home) is no more than 6 infants, with a 3:1 ratio. Infant spots per room have not changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

MoCo and NoVa have been on identical schedules thus far. Expect Elrich’s announcement soon.

On what? Daycares? The state is handling that, not the county.

No the county is handling it. It’s not like va which has been handled by Northam. Hogan is allowing our county executor to make the shots but he is only consulting one person on it, it’s a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance. MoCo is much more conservative than VA. And for good reason - risk of indoor transmission is high.

MoCo and NoVa have been on identical schedules thus far. Expect Elrich’s announcement soon.

On what? Daycares? The state is handling that, not the county.

No the county is handling it. It’s not like va which has been handled by Northam. Hogan is allowing our county executor to make the shots but he is only consulting one person on it, it’s a joke.

Look again. All the substantive child care regulations are coming from the Division of Early Childhood in the state's Department of Education. I know MoCo makes references to child care on the county's COVID site, but what might not be immediately obvious is that they're basically just going along with the EPCC program.