Where I you live and that are the covid precautions/protocols...

[Anonymous]

... at your private preschool?

We’re in Los Angeles and our school has mandatory vaccination and testing for teachers. Everyone, including the kids, are masked. And no parent or caregiver is allowed inside the classroom. Kids cannot come to school with even the tail end of a cold after a negative covid test. Nothing is left at school overnight.

The no-parent-in-the-classroom is hard. We did the transition outside in the play yards so I have never seen my kid’s classroom. I have no idea what the schedule is or what he does all day. With my older child, pre-covid, I observed his class, knew what he did, and what the room looked like.

This is so weird for me. The teacher takes him at drop off and I just don’t see him for five hours. Just wondering if other preschools do this.

[Anonymous]

Ours is a daycare in the Maryland suburbs of DC. All kids 2 and up are masked but they don't enforce it if the child doesn't wear it properly. Child with symptoms can go back into care with a negative Covid test. We've tried keeping her home until she is symptom free but after cold #3 this summer it's just not sustainable, we have to work.

Parents are not allowed inside the building at all though we can peak into her classroom from the door when we pick her up. They also send photos. I wish we could go in. They used to do events for parents pre-Covid and I so wish we could see how she is around her teachers and classmates especially now that she is older. But I think this is a state rule.

[Anonymous]

Yes we have the same. Drop off and pickup outside. However, we did have small tour groups before school started, so I could walk through with my son and see his classroom spaces.

Sounds like your school is being careful. Mine doesn’t have mandatory testing at all and are only requiring teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated by October. Like really, you couldn’t get your act together before start of school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes we have the same. Drop off and pickup outside. However, we did have small tour groups before school started, so I could walk through with my son and see his classroom spaces.

Sounds like your school is being careful. Mine doesn’t have mandatory testing at all and are only requiring teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated by October. Like really, you couldn’t get your act together before start of school?

Forgot to mention. We also have to quarantine unvaccinated children after travel to all states except Vermont, because of rising cases. So if we were to go out of state this Labor Day weekend, we would have to get a negative Covid test and quarantine DS at home for 5 days. Alternatively, no test and quarantine for two weeks. So we aren’t traveling.

[Anonymous]

Same, pretty much, in preschool in DC. All teachers vaccinated and masked at all times. Kids masked except when eating. Nothing left in the school except their photo albums. No parents inside at all and now we’re not even allowed in the outdoor space. We wait for our kids at the gates.

Yes, it’s hard but I do appreciate their efforts. And absolutely no sniffles or coughs! DD was out for her second week for a minor cold and had to have both covid tests before she could return.

[Anonymous]

I wish our daycare had those precautions, OP. It’s scary how lax they are.

[Anonymous]

In preschool in NoVa. All teachers and staff vaccinated. Cohorting and small class sizes. Mandatory masking of all. Meals outside unless weather is really bad (even when raining there are tents). Most of the day is outside. Windows and doors open weather permitting. Parents not allowed inside but luckily every classroom has a door so you can see the class when you drop off/pick up. We can leave stuff overnight like nap mats. There are some shared snacks on special occasions. Materials are shared and they are not cleaning as much as they did last year. Morning health form filled in by parent. New runny nose counts as COVID symptom, but can return to class after negative PCR submitted to school. Follows VDOH's quarantine procedures for positive contacts.

[Anonymous]

I am confused why not leaving things overnight is a covid precaution.

I don't have a preschooler, so I can't comment otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish our daycare had those precautions, OP. It’s scary how lax they are.

I agree. I don't have a kid in preschool but have younger kids and what you are descriing is more or less consistent. These rules seem like common sense. TAking pics and sending is nice to help youknow more.

[Anonymous]

What OP describes is the same as we have in Falls Church. They are very careful not to mix cohorts of kids and there are no “floater” teachers.

I have an older child as well so not entering the building or classroom doesn’t bother me. I have very little visibility to what my 2nd grader does all day or how his room is set up.

[Anonymous]

Those procedures are nuts given the actual risk of COVID to kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those procedures are nuts given the actual risk of COVID to kids.

Good luck with that outdated thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those procedures are nuts given the actual risk of COVID to kids.

Good luck with that outdated thinking.

Thanks? Not sure what you mean by that. Luckily I've had my kids at daycares and preschools with more reasonable policies. Most of them don't actually do anything- like having two year olds pretend to wear masks, or preventing parents from going into classrooms- but they also don't do much harm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those procedures are nuts given the actual risk of COVID to kids.

Good luck with that outdated thinking.

Thanks? Not sure what you mean by that. Luckily I've had my kids at daycares and preschools with more reasonable policies. Most of them don't actually do anything- like having two year olds pretend to wear masks, or preventing parents from going into classrooms- but they also don't do much harm.

Honestly, wishing your children the best. NP here.

[Anonymous]

Our preschool is exactly the same including the mandatory quarantine if you leave the state. Yes, it’s weird not knowing what DD’s classroom looks like and never having seen his teachers full faces but we’re glad they are taking all precautions possible. My older child’s private elementary school is the same.