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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue for me is the 8-6 in office requirement.  Right now, I work 8-5, pick up my kids, and then work a few more hours at home in the evening.  Daycare closes at 6 and I have a 45 minute commute, so I'm not sure what I will go if the 8-6 requirement goes into effect.  [/quote]

Right. I  think that is what the childcare threads are talking about. It’s not lack of childcare it’s the commutes along with the 8-6pm requirement. If before care and aftercare is from 7:30-6 and my commute is an hour it doesn’t work. [/quote]

It works if there are TWO responsible parents. you stagger your days: DH does drop off and gets home later; DW does pickup and gets home earlier. When my kid was little and in daycare I left for work at 7:45, worked from 830-5, picked him up by 530, home by 6:15. DH dropped him off in the morning, got to the office later, and worked pretty late (maybe until 730 or so most nights).

Later on we got a part-time babysitter for after school so that made it even easier - we would stagger drop off at 8:30 and then the other just needed to be home around 6-630.[/quote]

NP here. Well, yes, if you stagger your schedules it works. My husband and I did that for years. But PP is referencing DOGE saying all federal hours will be a mandatory 8-6. No more staggering hours; no wiggle room. You and your spouse are now both leaving the house at 7am and returning at 7pm. [/quote]

Not all agencies allow flex hours.  Mine does not.  I can’t just decide I want to work at 7 so I can leave at 3.  I wish it did.  I have worked for agencies that do - but not now.[/quote]

My local public school ends at 2:10. No job would let us leave at 2pm as it’s still within core hours. Even if I were came to start work at 6am.

We need longer school hours. 8-4 would be my preference. Longer hours with longer lunches (my one kid is a slow eater and was losing weight because he only really had 10min to eat), more recess and more PE and language. Teachers could stagger schedules so they didn’t work more than 8 hours the same way my daycare staggers schedules. [/quote]

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