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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole situation is insane. I am an essential employee and my husband is able to telework but actually has insane amounts of work and has been working into night hours to stay on top of it. We were forced to bring in a caretaker to provide care for our daughter while we work and are obviously paying for it. This is a very expensive area to live in and even both of us have full time jobs, we were already living paycheck to paycheck. How in the world is it reasonable to expect tuition payments for service that is not provided? We are talking thousands of dollars for moths of closure. Am I really expected to take out a loan to make those payments? I am not getting paid if I don't work, it is as simple as that. We made a decision to pull our daughter out and will have to look into other schools when this is over. I know there is tremendous pressure to continue making the payments and as much as I sympathize with preschools and childcare providers, we have to think about sustainability, not only theirs but ours as well. Are you going to be getting paid if you get sick and need months of health care? Is there a possibility that either you or your spouse loose the job in the near future? Do you have a hefty savings account that will not miss a few thousand dollars? We don't, and that is why we made the decision that we did. [/quote]

Most preschools and daycare run on very thin margins. Many will not survive this and will not reopen. That is why parents are paying - because they want their preschools and daycare to be open when their children can return to care.
When teachers don't get paid, they have to file for unemployment and actively look for other jobs while they collect any monies. This means they likely won't be back at the same school when the dust settles. Are you ready for a complete staff turn-over?

Daycare and preschool isn't just like a nail salon or a hairdresser. You aren't just paying cash money in exchange for a flat service. $ = care. That's what a babysitter does. Parents are paying to maintain the relationships between their caretakers and their children. There is so much change going on right now. I don't want my kid to have to go through all this only return to a completely new school with all new faces and kids. I'd like to return them to some semblance of normalcy.

We looked long and hard before we found a preschool we liked. Would we find one we liked as well. Not sure?

If you can't afford it, you're kids will adjust. But for those who can, they are willing to make some sacrifices, as long as they can, in order to maintain established relationships and familiar surroundings in this time of upheaval. It's not insane.[/quote]

I realize that many preschools run on very thin margins, but so are many families. What "sacrifice" means for you, may not mean the same for others. Nobody wants their childcare providers to go out of business, but that doesn't mean that families who choose to pull their children out of should be guilted into paying outrageous amounts of money. And yes, to many many working families,  $4k is outrageous. As far as established environments and familiar surroundings, perhaps your children are very different, but I can guarantee that mine will be starting over regardless what school she goes to after staying home for 3 months. I agree that paying your childcare is a kind thing to do if you can afford it, but please don't make the rest of us seem heartless because we chose our family financial survival over someone else's.  [/quote]

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