Daycares -- Are they open full-time with full enrollment in DC/VA/MD

[Anonymous]

We attend a daycare in VA which is only having students attend 2 days a week in order to allow sufficient social distancing and follow protocols. We continue to pay full tuition.

Have most daycares opened full time with full capacity? Do they wear masks? So basically pre-covid operations?

[Anonymous]

Ours in DC was closed from mid March to mid July. Now it’s open five days per week at 40% capacity. We didn’t pay while it was closed.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare in MoCo opened in June and is restricted to 10 children per class. They have full-time and part-time options.

[Anonymous]

Daycares in Maryland are limited to 15 people a room (adults plus kids), compared to previously 20 kids in some classes with 2 or 3 teachers.

Kids (over 2) and staff all wear masks. No parents allowed inside. Classes don't interact with kids and staff from other classrooms. Kids spaced apart when possible (i.e. when they're doing activities at tables), but are allowed to play with eachother. Lots of sanitizing and individual supplies, etc. Definitely not "normal" but it doesn't phase my kid at all.

[Anonymous]

PP-- 2nd paragraph is about our center specifically, although I think a lot of it is common elsewhere too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

[Anonymous]

Ours is back to being open at much reduced capacity. Mask wearing is recommended for kids age 2+, and they are working on helping the kids wear them for brief periods at a time to get them used to it. (This is new this week.) There are all sorts of new regs. For example, there can be no floating teachers; once a teacher is in the center, they can’t leave and come back, and they have to stay with the same kids. (These are MD regs.) So the Center has had to adjust. It is going well for us, but it is certainly nothing like pre-pandemic daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

I'm not the PP you quoted, but at our MD daycare even though they are at reduced capacity, the rooms are not full. My sons room has a maximum allowed of 15 (including the teachers), and there are only about 8-9 kids in the class from what I've counted when they send photos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

I'm not the PP you quoted, but at our MD daycare even though they are at reduced capacity, the rooms are not full. My sons room has a maximum allowed of 15 (including the teachers), and there are only about 8-9 kids in the class from what I've counted when they send photos.

Similar at ours. I haven’t heard of any family who didn’t get a spot if they wanted one when the center reopened. Some new kids have even started. Five days per week, but shorter days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

I'm not the PP you quoted, but at our MD daycare even though they are at reduced capacity, the rooms are not full. My sons room has a maximum allowed of 15 (including the teachers), and there are only about 8-9 kids in the class from what I've counted when they send photos.

Similar at ours. I haven’t heard of any family who didn’t get a spot if they wanted one when the center reopened. Some new kids have even started. Five days per week, but shorter days.

Ours too, in VA. A lot of kids haven't enrolled so they are enrolling new kids. I think they're only around 50% capacity now, maybe less. They are doing temp checks, no parents in the building, teachers wear masks, full time cleaner on staff who is there all day. Kids aren't wearing masks (yet). They are starting a Kindergarten class. I really hope enrollment goes up...They've been wonderful for us for 4+ years and I wouldn't want them to go out of business.

[Anonymous]

My in-home in MD has been open almost the entire time, first for EPCC and now regular enrollment. The teachers wear masks. Kids over 2 can wear a mask but not mandatory. There are temperature checks at the door, staggered pickup and dropoff times and they close an hour early each day for cleaning and disinfecting. Parents are not allowed inside.

[Anonymous]

Our center in Rockville MD slightly reduced its hours (didn't affect us since we didn't drop off that early or pick up that late) but otherwise is open full-time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

I'm not the PP you quoted, but at our MD daycare even though they are at reduced capacity, the rooms are not full. My sons room has a maximum allowed of 15 (including the teachers), and there are only about 8-9 kids in the class from what I've counted when they send photos.

Similar at ours. I haven’t heard of any family who didn’t get a spot if they wanted one when the center reopened. Some new kids have even started. Five days per week, but shorter days.

Ours too, in VA. A lot of kids haven't enrolled so they are enrolling new kids. I think they're only around 50% capacity now, maybe less. They are doing temp checks, no parents in the building, teachers wear masks, full time cleaner on staff who is there all day. Kids aren't wearing masks (yet). They are starting a Kindergarten class. I really hope enrollment goes up...They've been wonderful for us for 4+ years and I wouldn't want them to go out of business.

Same with our daycare, also in VA. Parents are allowed to carry infants to the infant room, which is in the very front of the building. They are not allowed into the room, but instead hand the babies off to one of the infant caregivers. All other children are escorted back to their rooms by a manager. I’ve seems some new faces in the last week or two. I’d say we are at 60-70% capacity right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our daycare in MD is at roughly 80% capacity, per MD state regulations. Teachers wear masks, and they’re phasing it in for the kids (2 and up).

Temp checks when you drop off. Parents can’t enter the building. Lots of sanitizing procedures.

But yes, the kids can be there 5 days a week for full days.

How did they do 80% capacity but have 5 days week and full days, did they hire more teachers and have more rooms available? Or did 20% stay home?

I'm not the PP you quoted, but at our MD daycare even though they are at reduced capacity, the rooms are not full. My sons room has a maximum allowed of 15 (including the teachers), and there are only about 8-9 kids in the class from what I've counted when they send photos.

Similar at ours. I haven’t heard of any family who didn’t get a spot if they wanted one when the center reopened. Some new kids have even started. Five days per week, but shorter days.

Ours too, in VA. A lot of kids haven't enrolled so they are enrolling new kids. I think they're only around 50% capacity now, maybe less. They are doing temp checks, no parents in the building, teachers wear masks, full time cleaner on staff who is there all day. Kids aren't wearing masks (yet). They are starting a Kindergarten class. I really hope enrollment goes up...They've been wonderful for us for 4+ years and I wouldn't want them to go out of business.

We are in MD but ours has implemented similar procedures (although kids 2+ wear masks). They're starting some distance learning hubs for ES students. I hope this helps their financial situation because it still sounds rather dire, with the spring closure and reduced capacity they're unable to cover their operating costs. I'm getting pretty nervous actually. Although the childcare crisis got some attention for a while, I feel like it's fallen off the radar with everything else going on.