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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DC agreed they do not want to hold her back b/c of this.  They are going to practice the stairs with her but in an a true emergency they will change some of the procedure to have extra help upstairs and she will likely be carried down.  They agreed that in every other way she is ready to be transitioned upstairs.[/quote]

The whole purpose of having standard procedures is that they work all the time.   What happens when the "True Emergency" happens when the swing person is in another part of the building b/c someone is out that day?   Do you really want to put your child and the rest of the class at risk?  [/quote]

I hate to say this, but +1.  Emergency plans have to be practiced as they will be done so that everyone (including kids) is working from muscle memory.  That said, having been in my daughter's federal daycare on 9-11 when they were evacuating the kids, I would be totally comfortable with your DC in the upstairs class and one named teacher tasked to hold her hand down the stairs or pick up if necessary.

BTW, there really are other options a daycare could be exploring for evacuation --such as a supplementary sling or Baby Bjorn that a teacher could use, evacuation mattress or sling.  If your daycare is in a bigger building, ask to talk to a building maintenance or security manager.  They also have to make these plans for other disabled adults in the building. [/quote]

They have a lot more extra staff than I assumed.  They were having one extra staff member help 75+ kids upstairs.  That is not OK.  [/quote]

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