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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.[/quote]

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me. [/quote]

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an [b]unsustainable business model[/b] for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.[/quote]

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow.  I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions.  Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved.  Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home.  Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model".  It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open.  I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity.  We just can't win right now. [/quote]

DP- I think what some parents are wondering is [b]why a negative PCR Covid test wouldn’t suffice for a return[/b], rather than having to stay home until the cold is resolved.  That can take a week or longer.  I’m worried I’m going to run through my remaining sick leave quickly and not have enough for an actual serious illness.[/quote]

I read this entire thread, but missed that. Did someone say their center doesn't re-admit with a negative, non-rapid test? That is insane. Are you supposed to get a mystical scroll from  heavens? Notarized, of course.[/quote]

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