Also with schools all virtual, many parents who have multiple kids are choosing to keep their daycare aged kids home too. I think the biggest crush might be when the Feds go back, which could be a while.

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Anonymous wrote:That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

Ours is underenrolled and has a bunch of spots available. I don’t think opening up more spots will make a difference. I know a lot of centers in the area still actively recruiting families to take existing spots.

These must be crappy centers or home daycares. Spots are very limited due to the closings. If you do not have a spot for your child now, you should worry. I would get a spot if possible even if you hold it for a month or two. The flood is really coming for parents that are returning to work and need care.

We got a call back immediately from Children in the Shoe for an available spot last month. I thought we would have to wait ages on a waitlist. I hardly think they qualify as a crappy center. Many people are still choosing to keep kids home.

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Anonymous wrote:That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

Ours is underenrolled and has a bunch of spots available. I don’t think opening up more spots will make a difference. I know a lot of centers in the area still actively recruiting families to take existing spots.

These must be crappy centers or home daycares. Spots are very limited due to the closings. If you do not have a spot for your child now, you should worry. I would get a spot if possible even if you hold it for a month or two. The flood is really coming for parents that are returning to work and need care.

It is not that cut and dry. Spots are limited yes but you have to understand that a lot of people are still working from home and choosing to keep their kids at home. But as the DMV starts re-opening and parents going back to work they will need care and there will not be enough spots. The kids are back at daycare seem to be children of first responders, health workers, teachers but not many that belong to office workers. Just wait until those businesses start re-opening and there will not be enough childcare to go around.

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Anonymous wrote:That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

Ours is underenrolled and has a bunch of spots available. I don’t think opening up more spots will make a difference. I know a lot of centers in the area still actively recruiting families to take existing spots.

These must be crappy centers or home daycares. Spots are very limited due to the closings. If you do not have a spot for your child now, you should worry. I would get a spot if possible even if you hold it for a month or two. The flood is really coming for parents that are returning to work and need care.

It's so hard to tell what is going on at ours. There is generally a long wait list but when they opened back up with reduced capacity, no existing families were turned away and we knew of others on the waitlist who were offered a spot. DD's class is still well under the capacity limit and I'm not sure how many of those empty spots are being paid for by families who want to hold their spot. It's a Pre-K class, so I think anyone who thought they might return in the fall has probably been paying. But for anyone who plans to wait till there's a vaccine, why bother for that age because we could be looking at another 6-12 months at least, so you might be paying for a spot you'll never use. Obviously the calculations would be different for a younger child where care would be needed beyond the next year.

We have a younger child at an in-home daycare and they are full.

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused - in Montgomery County, daycares are already open. I don’t think anything will change.

Open but with capacity limits.

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Anonymous wrote:That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

Ours is underenrolled and has a bunch of spots available. I don’t think opening up more spots will make a difference. I know a lot of centers in the area still actively recruiting families to take existing spots.

These must be crappy centers or home daycares. Spots are very limited due to the closings. If you do not have a spot for your child now, you should worry. I would get a spot if possible even if you hold it for a month or two. The flood is really coming for parents that are returning to work and need care.

Anonymous wrote:That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

Ours is underenrolled and has a bunch of spots available. I don’t think opening up more spots will make a difference. I know a lot of centers in the area still actively recruiting families to take existing spots.

I’m confused - in Montgomery County, daycares are already open. I don’t think anything will change.

That was the original plan when the roadmap to recovery was unveiled in March. There was an article on NBC for about the number of child care They have closed down in the entire area, around 2,200. Montgomery county needs to allow child care centers to reopen at full capacity ASAP.

I am curious to know. Maryland is going to open for phase 3 this Friday, and I assume that MoCo most likely to follow or be forced to follow a few weeks after.

I think phase 3 for daycare in MoCo is 100% capacities, right?