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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.[/quote]

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.[/quote]

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.
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The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident[/quote]

I mean those 149 parents are being punished for a prek kid who hid and then climbed a *six foot fence* and caused chaos. I would be angry too.

I actually feel.bad for the staff who has to look after this type of child. [/quote]

It’s infuriating. It happened 9 days prior to the closure and things had been business as usual. Then they showed up saying our children were in “danger.” It’s such a wonderful school and community and this sucks for everyone. [/quote]

First of all, I have children who go to this center and desperately need them to reopen. However, I cannot believe people on this forum are blaming a 4- or 5-year old child for this. There are no "mitigating factors" and it does not matter whether the child "should have known better"--it is 100 percent the responsibility of a daycare to ensure the safety of the [b][u]children[/b][/u] in its care. These arguments have no bearing a hearing on whether the Shoe should have the suspension lifted. The only thing that matters is that they have put the policies in place to prevent this from happening again (which should have been in place in the first place).[/quote]

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