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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shoe sent out an email saying they were looking into.  They did not share why it didn’t work out and I don’t know if they weren’t allowed to do it or opted against it.
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We are there and DH asked about it at pick-up yesterday.  The rules apparently only permit a very small number of children to attend each center, and the reimbursement rates are much smaller than their regular tuition.  I would imagine that doing so would also preclude them from getting any kind of federal assistance for small businesses, so it might not be worth it.

It’s rough for us because DH is essential and I’ve pretty much been made essential, and now we’ll have all three kids at home.  We’re also not keen on sending our youngest to a facility we don’t know.  He’s excited to be home with his older siblings, at least.[/quote]

That’s interesting, and I guess I can understand their rationale.  But, unless the revenue would really be substantially less than other aid available, I would have expect them to be more open given that email we got about how they are hoping to survive.  Their later letter was a little more measured and they have taken a middle road in terms of payments while they are closed.  It does make it a little harder to justify paying a lot while they are closed if they did pass up other significant revenues, even if less than normal.[/quote]

The revenue is less than half of what they would get per kid, and they can have like 1/10th of their kids there.  That’s absolutely not enough to justify them staying open, IMO.  It’s not “significant” revenue by any stretch.[/quote]

Where are you seeing that they could have 1/10th of the kids?

If that is accurate, I can understand.  But, generally to turn down a revenue stream while simultaneously asking parents to pay for services they aren’t deceit doesn’t sit that well.  Not a perfect analogy, but I’d be less likely to donate to someone who is unemployed if I knew they turned down a $15/hour job because it wasn’t worth their while to take anything less than $25.
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That is what the director told my DH at pick-up.  It's something like four little kids and five big kids, total.  That's it.  It's not a revenue stream when they usually have 100 kids there at twice the cost.  You can also look it up.

The places staying open are largely small in-home daycares that only have that many kids anyway.  Large centers like The Shoe can't possibly be expected to continue operations under these restrictions (much as I wish they would; we've been there for over eight years with our three kids, and they're like family to us).[/quote]

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