Anonymous wrote:And their daycare class has to close because of a positive case...does your daycare accommodate your child in another class?

Director (DC here)- we don't send the child to another class, the vaccinated teachers continue working with those children who were not exposed because they weren't there or have had covid in the past 90 days. So we no longer close entire classrooms UNLESS the teachers have Covid/covid symptoms/are awaiting test results.

I’m a teacher and our staff teaches even if there is only 1 kid in the class. And we’re happy to do it. People are paying!

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I truly like our schools teachers but it’s hard not to get bitter about stuff like this after so many closures. I honestly want to ask the school to cancel all planned teacher work days and pointless federal holidays (president days?) for the rest of the year. My kid’s classrooms have closed entirely for over 20 schools days since thanksgiving. Teachers could have done all their teacher workday stuff then.

This is why nobody wants to work in the daycare field. The staff have to survive on $30,000 per year and now give up their holidays because classrooms closed during a pandemic? There is a certain risk associated with all schools and daycares right now. As a public school teacher I understand the frustration of students at home but please take care of your teachers. They are not at fault and are sacrificing enough right now.

We love and respect our daycare teachers. The school is a co-op so I know exactly how much they are paid. The head teacher in my son’s class room makes over 60k, plus full benefits including retirement. That’s still to little imo but it’s not 30k.

To the point about the closures - our classrooms closed for more than TWENTY school days since thanksgiving. That is more than 4 weeks of care and instruction, which we paid for, and during with the fully vaccinated teachers were home not working. You’re telling me they still have to have two teacher workdays each quarter? Public schools make up snow days in the summer and sometimes on federal holidays. I don’t see why that’s outrageous to ask in these circumstances

Ours did this! Gave us a teacher professional day back as a regular school day. Of course we ended up in quarantine again starting the day we were supposed to get back. But it was appreciated

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I truly like our schools teachers but it’s hard not to get bitter about stuff like this after so many closures. I honestly want to ask the school to cancel all planned teacher work days and pointless federal holidays (president days?) for the rest of the year. My kid’s classrooms have closed entirely for over 20 schools days since thanksgiving. Teachers could have done all their teacher workday stuff then.

This is why nobody wants to work in the daycare field. The staff have to survive on $30,000 per year and now give up their holidays because classrooms closed during a pandemic? There is a certain risk associated with all schools and daycares right now. As a public school teacher I understand the frustration of students at home but please take care of your teachers. They are not at fault and are sacrificing enough right now.

We love and respect our daycare teachers. The school is a co-op so I know exactly how much they are paid. The head teacher in my son’s class room makes over 60k, plus full benefits including retirement. That’s still to little imo but it’s not 30k.

To the point about the closures - our classrooms closed for more than TWENTY school days since thanksgiving. That is more than 4 weeks of care and instruction, which we paid for, and during with the fully vaccinated teachers were home not working. You’re telling me they still have to have two teacher workdays each quarter? Public schools make up snow days in the summer and sometimes on federal holidays. I don’t see why that’s outrageous to ask in these circumstances

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I truly like our schools teachers but it’s hard not to get bitter about stuff like this after so many closures. I honestly want to ask the school to cancel all planned teacher work days and pointless federal holidays (president days?) for the rest of the year. My kid’s classrooms have closed entirely for over 20 schools days since thanksgiving. Teachers could have done all their teacher workday stuff then.

This is why nobody wants to work in the daycare field. The staff have to survive on $30,000 per year and now give up their holidays because classrooms closed during a pandemic? There is a certain risk associated with all schools and daycares right now. As a public school teacher I understand the frustration of students at home but please take care of your teachers. They are not at fault and are sacrificing enough right now.

Montgomery county still considers them "exposed" and they still need to quarantine. This information was from the recorded town hall.

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Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated teacher wouldn't be quarantining (unless they are the case) and that person would stay open with the child who has had a confirmed positive in the last 90 days and therefore is being treated as vaccinated (as well as with any fully vaccinated 5 year olds)

I agree this is what SHOULD be happening but I don't think it actually is.

Our daycare closed and entire classroom down after a kid tested positive on the first Friday in January. Multiple kids had not yet returned from their winter vacations or whatever and we’re not in class at all the first week of the year, so they had zero exposure to the positive Covid case. The school told us that the health department required the classroom be shut down, even though the teachers are all fully vaccinated. The parents of the kids with no exposure were PISSED. The school ultimately got the health department to “clarify” and reopened the classroom for the non-exposed kids, but not until they already missed like half a week of school.

I truly like our schools teachers but it’s hard not to get bitter about stuff like this after so many closures. I honestly want to ask the school to cancel all planned teacher work days and pointless federal holidays (president days?) for the rest of the year. My kid’s classrooms have closed entirely for over 20 schools days since thanksgiving. Teachers could have done all their teacher workday stuff then.

DC had COVID over winter break. I provided a doctor's note that DC is exempt from testing for 90 days. During this time, DC can stay in class with teacher when there is a close contact exposure. DC has several other classmates that are in the same boat.

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Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated teacher wouldn't be quarantining (unless they are the case) and that person would stay open with the child who has had a confirmed positive in the last 90 days and therefore is being treated as vaccinated (as well as with any fully vaccinated 5 year olds)

I agree this is what SHOULD be happening but I don't think it actually is.

This is what is happening in our school - but admittedly the parents had to yell to make it happen.

Our daycare exempts kids who are fully vaccinated (just a few of those who have already turned 5) and kids who have had COVID in the past 90 days from quarantine if they are asymptomatic.

Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated teacher wouldn't be quarantining (unless they are the case) and that person would stay open with the child who has had a confirmed positive in the last 90 days and therefore is being treated as vaccinated (as well as with any fully vaccinated 5 year olds)

I agree this is what SHOULD be happening but I don't think it actually is.

Vaccinated teacher wouldn't be quarantining (unless they are the case) and that person would stay open with the child who has had a confirmed positive in the last 90 days and therefore is being treated as vaccinated (as well as with any fully vaccinated 5 year olds)

Only if the school is not already at capacity. DC/MD/VA preschool and daycare classrooms max out at a certain number so if the school is full, there will be no space for a child to take.

Anonymous wrote:And their daycare class has to close because of a positive case...does your daycare accommodate your child in another class?

This is a really good question-interested to hear the answers!

And their daycare class has to close because of a positive case...does your daycare accommodate your child in another class?