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[quote=Anonymous]I posted this on the Northam / child care thread,  ut I’m going to leave it here too:

Our center in VA is part of a hospital system. They’ve a asked everyone who is non-essential to stay home to make room for additional emergency care... and to keep paying tuition. Some parents are really pissed about it—strangely the most vocal are the ones who are seemingly the most privileged with the most time on their hands.

Having previously worked in child care as a teacher and director, I realize I’m currently in a privileged position... I can telework, my boss is understanding, and I’m still getting paid, and so I’ll keep paying my tuition. I realize at this point my tuition is subsidizing emergency care for emergency personnel. There will eventually be some public relief and I’ll call it a wash.

If this goes on for months, I stop getting paid, or I lose my job, that’s another discussion, but it’s not solved by creating a huge angry parent mob like some at my program are trying to do. The center was very accommodating in waiving tuition for several months when I was unemployed at one point, and I would approach them privately again if that was the case.

People, this is why child care needs to be a public service and not a fragile system supported on the backs of parents and teachers. Vote blue.[/quote]

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