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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several reasons.

1) Staffing: A large percentage of preschool and daycare teachers have kids relative to other professions, and daycare salaries don't allow for things like nannies or snow day camps, so absenteeism would be high.  But daycare and preschools aren't businesses that can run on a barebones staff because of legal requirements about ratios.

2) Liability:  If a school opens and a teacher or parent or child is injured en route there is some liability.  Of they can demonstrate that they followed an "authority" it makes a difference

3) Costs:  TV and radio stations charge for announcing.  Plus even if you pay to announce it is easy for your announcement to get buried.  Closing with a public district is an easy way to get the word out and it is free.[/quote]

your liability argument is BS...every workplace, other than schools are currently open. So I guess every business in the areas is currently liable if employees get injured driving to work? By this logic even an accident in rain should count.

Cost... not an issue if you say you follow the Fed Gov then no need to pay to post on site as all sited will list Fed Gov closings.

your only argument that makes some sense is the argument on staffing because yes, not every worker can take liberal leave.

-signed a parent whose lazy daycare provider follows every federal and school closing[/quote]

Workplaces make their decision to close by looking at their peer institutions.  Yes, if a workplace makes a decision to open when peer institutions are closed, it's a liability.  Schools would be considered peer institutions for daycares.  Add in the fact that attendance when daycare is open is mandatory for parents on subsidy, and you're forcing parents to take a risk with their children.

So you agree that daycares can't offer liberal leave, and that if liberal leave is needed then the daycare has no choice but to close?  If so, then I think a policy that the daycare closes whenever the feds are closed or on liberal leave might be a fair compromise.  I assume you live in VA though because for the rest of us that policy would mean more closures rather than less. Such a policy wouldn't go over well in MD or DC. [/quote]

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