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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DC attends a center in MD.  There's been a bit of a kerfuffle because some (presumably vaccinated) parents haven't been wearing masks when dropping kids at the door in the morning (outside).  So the director recently sent a reminder saying all parents and kids over 2yo need to stay masked as kids aren't eligible for the vaccine, and that this policy is required by the MSDE Office of Child Care.  I've been a little bit irritated about the kids having to continue to wear masks during outside time to begin with but I'm not even sure what she is saying is true.  I thought MSDE *recommended* masks from ages 2-5 as tolerated, but never actually required them.  I know of several in-home daycares that don't require masks on the kids at all.  But now I can't find anything on the MSDE child care website that outlines their mask policy.  I'm sure I'm just missing it but does anyone know?  I also wonder if it's evolved at all since last spring?  [/quote]

Your director is correct. I work in a Maryland preschool and as much as we don't like the rules, we have to abide by them. We are governed by the MSDE OCC (Maryland State Department of Education Office of Child Care) and still as of TODAY, preschools MUST continue to wear masks indoors. We also have to continue to wear them outside if we cant remain socially distanced. We have emails from our licensing dept. at MSDE that we are not privy to the same rules as the schools, and "they" will let us know if we can also take our masks off after July 1st. Just as you have to follow the rules at YOUR job, we must do the same at ours, and just because some parents don't like the rule doesn't mean we are going to risk OUR license and OUR job and OUR livelihood to cater to people who can't follow rules. We don't like the rules either. [/quote]

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