Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:54     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:Several reasons.

1) Staffing: A large percentage of preschool and daycare teachers have kids relative to other professions, and daycare salaries don't allow for things like nannies or snow day camps, so absenteeism would be high. But daycare and preschools aren't businesses that can run on a barebones staff because of legal requirements about ratios.

2) Liability: If a school opens and a teacher or parent or child is injured en route there is some liability. Of they can demonstrate that they followed an "authority" it makes a difference

3) Costs: TV and radio stations charge for announcing. Plus even if you pay to announce it is easy for your announcement to get buried. Closing with a public district is an easy way to get the word out and it is free.


your liability argument is BS...every workplace, other than schools are currently open. So I guess every business in the areas is currently liable if employees get injured driving to work? By this logic even an accident in rain should count.

Cost... not an issue if you say you follow the Fed Gov then no need to pay to post on site as all sited will list Fed Gov closings.

your only argument that makes some sense is the argument on staffing because yes, not every worker can take liberal leave.

-signed a parent whose lazy daycare provider follows every federal and school closing
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:44     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I teach at a part time preschool. 75% of the staff have school aged children, so we would have to get a ton of subs.


Not the OP, but. . .what do you think the rest of us do when we have to go back to work, and school is still out? We cobble things together; make it work; etc. For example, right now I have the school-aged one with me, reading in an empty office next to mine, and my daycare-aged child is at daycare, which finally opened back yesterday, because they follow Federal Govt. policy, thank goodness! She is too young to behave well at an office so that would not be a possibility AT. ALL!!!


But many of the cobbling together solutions don't work in daycare. You can't bring your kid to work because licensing has rules that apply to any kid in the building. You can't open with 1/2 a staff, like many offices with liberal leave do, you can't stagger hours with your spouse, you sure can't telework, and if you are talking about part day preschool in particular you need to recognize that a large portion of the staff took the job because the hours didn't require childcare. Hours that mesh with public schools is the perk that lets preschools hire professional people with degrees and excellent references for $15,000 a year. Take that perk away and you are going to have huge trouble finding quality staff.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:39     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:When schools are closed it is for the safety of kids, staff, drivers etc. Seems like a good enough policy for daycare to follow. Also good training for parents who will soon have kids in school - you need to fit your career around your kid(s) or try to fit your kids around your career.
"Have a plan."


Parents do not need to train for the day once their children hit kindergarten and their school snow policy. If anything, I'd love to see school snow policies and the Fed. Govt. to coordinate more / become one and the same. Aligning parents' work schedules with school schedules just makes logistical sense. Yeah, yeah, I know it'll never happen, but. . . .
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:36     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:When schools are closed it is for the safety of kids, staff, drivers etc. Seems like a good enough policy for daycare to follow. Also good training for parents who will soon have kids in school - you need to fit your career around your kid(s) or try to fit your kids around your career.
"Have a plan."


Most preschools I am thinking about do not have buses/drivers to worry about.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:33     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
When schools are closed it is for the safety of kids, staff, drivers etc. Seems like a good enough policy for daycare to follow. Also good training for parents who will soon have kids in school - you need to fit your career around your kid(s) or try to fit your kids around your career.
"Have a plan."
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:11     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:I teach at a part time preschool. 75% of the staff have school aged children, so we would have to get a ton of subs.


Not the OP, but. . .what do you think the rest of us do when we have to go back to work, and school is still out? We cobble things together; make it work; etc. For example, right now I have the school-aged one with me, reading in an empty office next to mine, and my daycare-aged child is at daycare, which finally opened back yesterday, because they follow Federal Govt. policy, thank goodness! She is too young to behave well at an office so that would not be a possibility AT. ALL!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:05     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because parents like to call them "school".


Huh?


There is a poster who is really obsessed with people who refer to "daycare" as "school," because they are just deluding themselves. Which I personally find hilarious, because whenever I refer to daycare, my three-year-old corrects me and says that she doesn't go to daycare, she goes to school.


Wow, that seems like a silly waste of her energy, she must be passionate about it!

What about a preschool that offers after care? Are we allowed to call that "school" or must we only refer to it as school when talking about something that happened in the morning, and then call it daycare when referring to anything related to the aftercare? Perhaps the passionate PP can clarify for me.


Lighten up - it was a joke. My family all jokes about calling it "school" - whether we have kids in daycare or not. I've never posted about it and certainly am not passionate about it.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 11:01     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because parents like to call them "school".


Huh?


There is a poster who is really obsessed with people who refer to "daycare" as "school," because they are just deluding themselves. Which I personally find hilarious, because whenever I refer to daycare, my three-year-old corrects me and says that she doesn't go to daycare, she goes to school.


Wow, that seems like a silly waste of her energy, she must be passionate about it!

What about a preschool that offers after care? Are we allowed to call that "school" or must we only refer to it as school when talking about something that happened in the morning, and then call it daycare when referring to anything related to the aftercare? Perhaps the passionate PP can clarify for me.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:59     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because parents like to call them "school".


Huh?


There is a poster who is really obsessed with people who refer to "daycare" as "school," because they are just deluding themselves. Which I personally find hilarious, because whenever I refer to daycare, my three-year-old corrects me and says that she doesn't go to daycare, she goes to school.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:54     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Anonymous wrote:Because parents like to call them "school".


Huh?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:42     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Because parents like to call them "school".
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:35     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Snow day policies is a good thing for you to consider when you are searching for a day care. You need to find one that best matches your needs. If you are a fed then look for one that follows the fed leave.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:34     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Friends' all-day preschool/daycares here in Alexandria have been closed all week, plus last Thursday and Friday.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:34     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
I know of no daycares that follow anything other than the admin / govt offices or Feds.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2016 10:33     Subject: Why do daycares and preschools follow the school systems?
Really? Our MoCo aftercare follows Montgomery County administrative offices, so they opened starting yesterday. I know our former daycare does the same. I don't know anyone whose follows the school system, although if it were strictly a preschool (not catering to 2 FT WOHM parents) then I guess that makes sense.