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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maryland is sort of in a weird place right now with daycare. Basically z anyone can use the daycares that are open right now. But, the room size restrictions probably make some daycares unprofitable. That also means there's a shortage of availability at some places.

I think this new status quo will be maintained through the summer.  More daycares will open up over the next couple weeks, which might help with availability a little bit [/quote]

Right. I asked one of DD’s teachers about whether the EPCC thing is done or not today and she said, “It sort of is and sort of isn’t. It’s pretty confusing, but given the 50% capacity limit we have, there are definitely going to be parents who aren’t going to have spots once workplaces start opening up more.” [/quote]

Oh — one more thing. She said that, since they have to limit each room to 10 people (kids and teachers), the existing childcare ratios mean there are more spots for older kids than younger ones. My 3 year old can be in a room with 9 kids and 1 teacher, but an infant room can’t have a 9 to 1 ratio.

So the restrictions screw over the parents of younger kids more than older kids.[/quote]

That’s not accurate, at least at my daycare.  Every infant parent who wants a spot will get it because the current ration of 6 to 2 is less than 10 people.  I contrast, older kids current have 24 kids with 2 or three adults.  That will have to go to 9 kids to 1 adult.  So, if all families with older kids want a spot, only slightly more than 1/3 will get one - in contrast to every infant family.[/quote]

15 now instead of 10 per the news today.

Will Elrich attempt to override? I hope not.[/quote]

Montgomery county is still under phase 1 which (to the best of my knowledge) still means 10 people. But maybe it does not apply! We are completely in the dark about this and equally as confused. We have not had any communication from the state or anybody about this. We found out at the same time the rest of Maryland did, watching the press conference and that had very murky answers.

I know this is an important issue for many people here. I will do some research and come back with answers this afternoon.[/quote]

One more thing.  I can't stress enough that you take any informal materials that are simply posted the website with a grain of salt.  They don't carry the force of law.  Look at the executive orders and official communications with regulatory arms of the county.

The county executive is not a reliable source of information regarding his own executive orders.  As of last Friday he was still claiming we were under a "stay-at-home" order, which hasn't been true since the 6-1-2020 executive order.[/quote]

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