Anonymous
02/24/2022 14:20
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
That is crazy given that the current wave has been ramping down. I would describe our preschool’s covid procedures as “moderate” and we have had very few cases (maybe 12 / 250+ kids) since June 2020. Most of our cases have been teachers. I would appreciate frequent testing of teachers - but for kids we’re dropping outdoor masks soon.
OP - has your preschool had multiple outbreaks? I would leave over that personally.
OP - has your preschool had multiple outbreaks? I would leave over that personally.
Anonymous
02/24/2022 10:03
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Talk to your daycare center. My guess is that they will gladly release you and take someone off their long waitlist. Further, they don't want to deal with parents who will whine.
Maybe. OP mentioned preschool and that the contract is through June. If this is really more of a preschool that operates on a school-year basis than a fulltime daycare (and yes, I recognize there can be overlap), how many people are really looking to start preschool in March?
We are in a very covid cautious area an damilies at our daycare center have been pretty compliant with all the Covid rules but when our center "recommended" that parents start sending their kids in KN95s, very few did. The vast majority of both kids AND teachers still wear cloth and surgical.
Plenty of people. Hence the waiting lists.
OP hasn’t reported on the waiting list situation at her school.
Anonymous
02/24/2022 09:32
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Talk to your daycare center. My guess is that they will gladly release you and take someone off their long waitlist. Further, they don't want to deal with parents who will whine.
Maybe. OP mentioned preschool and that the contract is through June. If this is really more of a preschool that operates on a school-year basis than a fulltime daycare (and yes, I recognize there can be overlap), how many people are really looking to start preschool in March?
We are in a very covid cautious area an damilies at our daycare center have been pretty compliant with all the Covid rules but when our center "recommended" that parents start sending their kids in KN95s, very few did. The vast majority of both kids AND teachers still wear cloth and surgical.
Plenty of people. Hence the waiting lists.
Anonymous
02/24/2022 09:28
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Talk to your daycare center. My guess is that they will gladly release you and take someone off their long waitlist. Further, they don't want to deal with parents who will whine.
Maybe. OP mentioned preschool and that the contract is through June. If this is really more of a preschool that operates on a school-year basis than a fulltime daycare (and yes, I recognize there can be overlap), how many people are really looking to start preschool in March?
We are in a very covid cautious area an damilies at our daycare center have been pretty compliant with all the Covid rules but when our center "recommended" that parents start sending their kids in KN95s, very few did. The vast majority of both kids AND teachers still wear cloth and surgical.
Anonymous
02/24/2022 09:24
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Is the preschool going to provide the tests? That gets expensive. Same with the masks.
Just a bit weird to put new policies like this in place NOW when cases are dropping rapidly. This would have been more reasonable as a temporary measure during Omicron, say in December and January.
Just a bit weird to put new policies like this in place NOW when cases are dropping rapidly. This would have been more reasonable as a temporary measure during Omicron, say in December and January.
Anonymous
02/23/2022 16:46
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Talk to your daycare center. My guess is that they will gladly release you and take someone off their long waitlist. Further, they don't want to deal with parents who will whine.
Anonymous
02/23/2022 16:22
Subject: Re:Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just ask them. They might let you out of the contract if they can fill the spot. As someone who is at the end of two back to back 10 day quarantines with my 3 year old, I would not be bothered by tests or masks. At least your kid will probably go to the school you are paying for.
+1. Our school requests sunday night or monday morning home tests, specifically to get outside of the 48 hour exposure window. If you catch a positive then, it doesn't risk shutting down a classroom. If an assymtpomtic positive is randomly discovered midweek, it can cause a class to quarrantine.
(I think they should and will change this soon, but I see the testing sunday nights as a good way to minimize class-wide disruption.)
But how would an asymptotic positive be discovered mid week?
Anonymous
02/18/2022 00:25
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Nice to see the testing and trying to keep the kids, families and staff safe.
Anonymous
02/18/2022 00:22
Subject: Re:Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Just ask them. They might let you out of the contract if they can fill the spot. As someone who is at the end of two back to back 10 day quarantines with my 3 year old, I would not be bothered by tests or masks. At least your kid will probably go to the school you are paying for.
+1. Our school requests sunday night or monday morning home tests, specifically to get outside of the 48 hour exposure window. If you catch a positive then, it doesn't risk shutting down a classroom. If an assymtpomtic positive is randomly discovered midweek, it can cause a class to quarrantine.
(I think they should and will change this soon, but I see the testing sunday nights as a good way to minimize class-wide disruption.)
Anonymous
02/17/2022 21:38
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Omg and I thought we had it bad. This is terrible. You can find something better in Arlington for sure.
Why the heck are the rules getting worse as the virus wanes?! We should be off ramping it ALL
Why the heck are the rules getting worse as the virus wanes?! We should be off ramping it ALL
Anonymous
02/17/2022 12:37
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
No. We are doing optional weekly testing (we participate). An n95 mask on a 3 year old should not be mandated, it should be parent choice. This is pretty extreme.
Anonymous
02/17/2022 10:51
Subject: Re:Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Just ask them. They might let you out of the contract if they can fill the spot. As someone who is at the end of two back to back 10 day quarantines with my 3 year old, I would not be bothered by tests or masks. At least your kid will probably go to the school you are paying for.
Anonymous
02/17/2022 10:49
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
There is probably something in the contract that says they can implement whatever measures they decide are reasonable.
This is why a lot of private schools have the tuition insurance. Dewer. Or something. You can get 60% of your money back if you want to leave for any reason.
This is why a lot of private schools have the tuition insurance. Dewer. Or something. You can get 60% of your money back if you want to leave for any reason.
Anonymous
02/17/2022 10:48
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Anonymous wrote:Our NOVA preschool just decided to implement a new policy requiring all students submit weekly rapid tests each week (no opt out option). They are apparently also mulling a requirement for all kids to wear kN - 95 masks. Do any other preschools current have similar policies or is this as extreme as I think it is, and can I legally withdraw from our contract (to include demanding my deposit- which is supposed to cover June 2022 tuition- be refunded) if I am uncomfortable with these requirements that they are just now putting in place and which were not outlined in the contract we signed?
Sounds draconian. I'd try to find a new preschool.
Anonymous
02/17/2022 10:47
Subject: Recourse for Pre-school adopting new Covid -19 requirements ?
Our NOVA preschool just decided to implement a new policy requiring all students submit weekly rapid tests each week (no opt out option). They are apparently also mulling a requirement for all kids to wear kN - 95 masks. Do any other preschools current have similar policies or is this as extreme as I think it is, and can I legally withdraw from our contract (to include demanding my deposit- which is supposed to cover June 2022 tuition- be refunded) if I am uncomfortable with these requirements that they are just now putting in place and which were not outlined in the contract we signed?