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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's trying to create capacity to allow kids of first responders and other essential personnel to be in preschool while maintaining no more than 10 people per room. [/quote]
Sure, but how can the centers afford to do this? That means they have to stay open only for a few kids. Or they charge everyone tuition, that means that people who aren’t getting care are subsidizing those who do.

France is totally different because with a socialized system the government would likely pay for the centers to stay open for essential personnel.[/quote]

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 he most privileged with the most time on their hands.

Having previously worked in child care, I realize I’m in a privileged position... still getting paid, and so I’ll keep paying my tuition. I realize my tuition is subsidizing emergency care for emergency personnel. There will eventually be some public relief and I’ll call it a wash.

If I stop getting paid or lose my job, that’s another discussion, but not solved by creating a huge angry parent mob like some 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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