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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

That's not clear yet.  I think we'll have to wait and see what the Department of Education puts out.  And then maybe have to see what, if anything, the county releases on child care.

The 10-person-limit for childcare was a state rule that was part of the EPCC program.  With EPCC ending, and state childcare regulations moving to 15-people, it seems like county childcare would also move to 15 people unless the county takes an explicit step to limit that.

And to be clear, the 10-person social gathering limit in the county executive order doesn't apply here.  Child care is not a " social, community, recreational, leisure, [or]
sporting" gathering or and event. [/quote]

So where does the county executive order override the governors executive order? When we moved from emergency personnel only to phase 1 employees it was not phased in at the same time from Montgomery county as it was for the rest of the state.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you're asking.

Montgomery County's [url=https://montgomerycountymd.gov/exec/Resources/Files/067-20.pdf]Executive Order 067-20[/url] from May 15 didn't address child care, so I always assumed then that the state childcare provisions stood by default.  (otherwise, no child care providers would have been able to reopen, including those serving essential personnel)

That changed with the subsequent executive order. Sort of.  [url=https://montgomerycountymd.gov/exec/Resources/Files/orders/070-20.pdf]Executive Order 070-20[/url] explicitly addressed child care, but basically just repeated what the state Department of Education was doing.[/quote]

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