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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Centers either tend to follow the school system in their locality, or the federal government. Home daycares are usually more lenient because at least some of the staff lives on premise. If your home provider doesn’t have an assistant, [b]they shouldn’t close at all except if there are power problems[/b]. You may not want to drive there, though.[/quote]

The ones I know follow either the federal or school district.   Curious, why don't you think they should close?  They are private businesses that establish their own policies, etc. [/quote]

Because the reasons for closing is that it’s unsafe for the staff to get there. If it’s in your house and you have no extra staff, if I’m able to drive to the provider’s house there’s no justification for not providing care that has been paid for. [/quote]

We use an in-home.  She follows FCPS and she has two staff.  But she's also really reasonable about stuff.  She closed early yesterday and opened late today, and did not close even though FCPS was closed.  If her road is cleared, and the main road next to her house is clear, she opens generally.  But she does need to ensure her staff can get there or she's out of ratio and that's illegal.  She's still more flexible than a big center ever would be.  My older child was there during the blizzard in 2016, and I think FCPS was closed 5 days in a row.  She closed for the first 2 days, and then did delayed openings but was open the rest of the week.  It was a huge life saver so I didn't burn a week of PTO for that storm.[/quote]

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