Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daycare sent out an email asking to see if parents are willing to keep children home so the staff can participate. No final decision yet.

Not a chance.

Ours did not send such an email and I would likewise vote no. I have to work and expect care to be provided as promised.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

For real.

Then I'd seriously start looking for another daycare.

Yes, I pay them for a service, if they -by choice- decide to close for a reason not spelled out in advance such as weather, I would expect a refund. I have to report to work and by them closing I lose out on my pay if I have to stay home.

Really?! It's one damn day for them to engage in civil disobedience and stand up for themselves. If ours closes I am taking my kid to work to amplify the point. Yes, I do realize not everyone can do that and there will be some discomfort... but, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

Part of civil disobedience is being willing to accept the consequences of your actions for what you perceive to be the greater good. If you commit an illegal act as part of civil disobedience, you are not absolved of the crime and are expected to serve your sentence and/or pay whatever penalty is applicable.

In this context, if the daycare chose to close to suppprt immigrants (their staff or more broadly) they should be expected to accept the consequences of their action which is forgoing they money they were to have received for providing a service that they refused to in protest.

Part of civil disobedience is often sacrificing for the cause.

I work in a preschool. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If we close, we're hurting families; if we don't, we're not supportive of employees.

The more practical problem is ratios. If we have 70 kids and only four teachers show up for work, we're way out of ratio and out of compliance with regulations. Legally we'd have to close anyway. So I think the centers that are closing know that most of their teachers are going to be out and don't have enough subs to stay in ratio. They'd rather let you know a day in advance then have to call you an hour after you've dropped your child off to come back and pick him/her up because they're closing.

It's honestly a tough situation for the centers. Trust me, they don't want to have to close.

Anonymous wrote:My daycare sent out an email asking to see if parents are willing to keep children home so the staff can participate. No final decision yet.

Not a chance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

For real.

Then I'd seriously start looking for another daycare.

Yes, I pay them for a service, if they -by choice- decide to close for a reason not spelled out in advance such as weather, I would expect a refund. I have to report to work and by them closing I lose out on my pay if I have to stay home.

Really?! It's one damn day for them to engage in civil disobedience and stand up for themselves. If ours closes I am taking my kid to work to amplify the point. Yes, I do realize not everyone can do that and there will be some discomfort... but, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

Exactly.

Our announced at 4:55pm today they were closing tomorrow for the strike.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

For real.

Then I'd seriously start looking for another daycare.

Yes, I pay them for a service, if they -by choice- decide to close for a reason not spelled out in advance such as weather, I would expect a refund. I have to report to work and by them closing I lose out on my pay if I have to stay home.

Really?! It's one damn day for them to engage in civil disobedience and stand up for themselves. If ours closes I am taking my kid to work to amplify the point. Yes, I do realize not everyone can do that and there will be some discomfort... but, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

For real.

Then I'd seriously start looking for another daycare.

Yes, I pay them for a service, if they -by choice- decide to close for a reason not spelled out in advance such as weather, I would expect a refund. I have to report to work and by them closing I lose out on my pay if I have to stay home.

Anonymous wrote:If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

For real.

Then I'd seriously start looking for another daycare.

If that is the case, I hope they are refunding your money for that day.

My daycare sent out an email asking to see if parents are willing to keep children home so the staff can participate. No final decision yet.

I posted in the thread last night that got deleted. My daycare in Alexandria is closing early due to the strike.

Ours is not.

Thread elsewhere suggested a couple in DC have announced participation and will be closing for a full or half day. No word from my own...

I heard that some of the daycares will be closing.