They obviously have policies in place to prevent this, the issue is they weren’t followed. They were also ramped up the very next day, and if you are indeed a Shoe parent, I suspect you know enough about how the place operates to know that this will never happen again. We are talking about a place that just dropped its last COVID procedures this week. To say they are diligent about following rules would be an understatement.

The mitigating factors weigh on the severity of the offense and how they should be viewing whether the children are actually in danger. To pretend there is some ongoing danger to the children who go there that it warrants closing the center is ridiculous. They provide a public service, the children, parents, and staff are far more negatively affected by a closure than the owners of the center. The purpose of an emergency suspension is supposed to prevent imminent danger to the children. A (literal) once in a lifetime occurrence, combined with the circumstances, does not indicate anyone is in danger going forward. And if they actually thought there was imminent danger, I would like an explanation for why the center stayed open for another week.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident

I mean those 149 parents are being punished for a prek kid who hid and then climbed a *six foot fence* and caused chaos. I would be angry too.

I actually feel.bad for the staff who has to look after this type of child.

It’s infuriating. It happened 9 days prior to the closure and things had been business as usual. Then they showed up saying our children were in “danger.” It’s such a wonderful school and community and this sucks for everyone.

First of all, I have children who go to this center and desperately need them to reopen. However, I cannot believe people on this forum are blaming a 4- or 5-year old child for this. There are no "mitigating factors" and it does not matter whether the child "should have known better"--it is 100 percent the responsibility of a daycare to ensure the safety of the children in its care. These arguments have no bearing a hearing on whether the Shoe should have the suspension lifted. The only thing that matters is that they have put the policies in place to prevent this from happening again (which should have been in place in the first place).

Wow, do the staff not do counts before and after bringing the children outside? This is serious negligence. Are the staff not well trained? Let's stop blaming a kid for what is easily preventable if staff are doing their jobs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident

I mean those 149 parents are being punished for a prek kid who hid and then climbed a *six foot fence* and caused chaos. I would be angry too.

I actually feel.bad for the staff who has to look after this type of child.

It’s infuriating. It happened 9 days prior to the closure and things had been business as usual. Then they showed up saying our children were in “danger.” It’s such a wonderful school and community and this sucks for everyone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident

I mean those 149 parents are being punished for a prek kid who hid and then climbed a *six foot fence* and caused chaos. I would be angry too.

I actually feel.bad for the staff who has to look after this type of child.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came immediately to lool at this board after seeing a post in a Facebook group about the Olney closure. Guess I'm not the only one!

Can someone share what this post was?

I'm above PP. The Facebook group post was a parent of a child who will be transferring to another shoe location as a result of the Olney closure. They were asking for info about that location.

That makes sense. Surprised they have an opening!

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Anonymous wrote:I came immediately to lool at this board after seeing a post in a Facebook group about the Olney closure. Guess I'm not the only one!

Can someone share what this post was?

I'm above PP. The Facebook group post was a parent of a child who will be transferring to another shoe location as a result of the Olney closure. They were asking for info about that location.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident

I happen to agree with you since it was an isolated incident and the child seemed, per your description, set on doing this. But I have not seen anything in the greater Olney community and you might want to reach out so that you have community members advocating on your behalf. But are you really without daycare because I have not seen anybody reaching out looking for child care or emergency temporary care.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

The Shoe community and the elected officials we have reached out to. I don’t think the state anticipated the backlash they are receiving from the working parents of 150 children were left without care and told at 4 pm Tuesday after an isolated incident

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

I get this is an anonymous board but why are people being so cagey about where they’re getting this information from? Who is the community and what community leaders? I have not seen anything in any of the larger Olney groups or Parent groups. So I question where this information is coming from.

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

This is the question the community is asking (as well as some of our local elected officials).

The state’s letter is written in a way to convey the most negligence, omitting the mitigating factors. This was a preK child who was hiding on the playground and scaled a 6 foot fence. Obviously you cannot excuse this entirely, but it was a child who is of an age to know better and who was intent on mischief. It’s hard to understand how an isolated incident like this (to our knowledge the only time in the center’s history) rises to the level of an emergency situation that warrants a shut down. None of our children are in any danger.

Anonymous wrote:I came immediately to lool at this board after seeing a post in a Facebook group about the Olney closure. Guess I'm not the only one!

Can someone share what this post was?

I came immediately to lool at this board after seeing a post in a Facebook group about the Olney closure. Guess I'm not the only one!

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

They must have let some staff go over this incident and will need to rehire.

Anonymous wrote:Why are they closing 2 weeks for this? I read on facebook that some of the kids were being transferred to Bethesda locations.

Where are you reading this?