Daycare opening requirement
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Anonymous
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The daycare my children are enrolled in has been fraught with in fighting between parents who want to open or not. The owner has announced they are leaning towards reopening but to appease the (loud) parents who prefer it remain closed until September they are making parents sign an agreement. Some of the requirements are 100% necessary such as guidelines on staying home with fevers, cough or sick family members or reminders on hand washing when you enter the building.
However the part I am having issue with is a requirement that you agree to remain sheltered in place at home. It lists you can’t frequent restaurants, gyms or offices where there are more than 10 employees. We need daycare to open because I have been called back to work and my DH, a hospital based PT, never quit going. We got the email Friday and I have asked the owner clarifying questions, but this feels overly restrictive. Are any other daycares this Strict? |
Anonymous
| We got reopening guidelines today from our center. They outlined all the precautions they will take and things like drop off, etc... but nothing in regards to our lifestyle at home. Seems a bit odd for them to state that. Plus, how will they know how people are living their lives? |
Anonymous
| Op. I guess they could be read as recommendations because what are they really going to do/ know? Just felt a little overkill to me. |
Anonymous
| Im pretty sure they can’t legally restrict your movement in your free time. And what restaurants or stores have less than 10 patrons in phase 2? That is beyond your control. Do you have a lawyer you could check in with? It seems unenforceable, so I am wondering if you could sign and then proceed as normal according to your counties guidelines. |
Anonymous
| Are they going to send someone to your home to police you? Agree with the PP to sign and just follow your usual precautions. |
Anonymous
| I can’t believe you all are encouraging OP to lie. The daycare is setting up protections that they believe are necessary. If you don’t want to abide by them, go elsewhere. Sheesh. |
Anonymous
The daycare is being ridiculous. The main reason people send their kids is because they need to get back to work. And now they can’t go to offices with more than 10 people? Really? |
Anonymous
They can legally set it as a precondition of you using their daycare. So, no, they can’t tell you not to do things in your free time. But, if you decide to do those things in your free time, they can say you can’t come to daycare. |
Anonymous
| It's insane to say that the children of essential medical workers who have been attending the whole time will be kicked out in order to let the children of teleworkers back in. That's basically what they are asking. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I would sign and then ignore it. They can’t enforce it bc how do they know? If my kid said something I would say the kid was confused. |
Anonymous
Agreed. Those are completely ridiculous conditions. So ridiculous, in fact, that I highly doubt they actually expect people to follow them. It's probably a liability thing, not that I think there will be any successful lawsuits without obviously gross negligence. |
Anonymous
Well if you make it hard for families to meet unreasonable requirements, just don’t be surprised when everyone 1) lies, or 2) doesn’t return. |
Anonymous
I didn’t say what the daycare was doing was reasonable or prudent. I simply said it was legal, something very different. |
Anonymous
| The daycare should not expect families to follow guidelines that are different than the county guidelines. |