Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty obvious who the essential workers are right now- do children from these private schools/daycares that continue to remain open or will open in the upcoming weeks come from families of grocers, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, janitors, police officers, medics, fire fighters, mail delivery..highly doubt it. This concept of supporting "working families" is disgusting and is strictly for profit.
It's a hard pill to swallow, realizing who is truly essential during a world wide crisis.
We know a family of health care workers- both husband and wife are ER nurses. Their child is living with another family for the next month because they are terrified of exposing their child to coronavirus. When will people outside of the medical field take this seriously?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from the head:
If it is safe to do so, WFCH will be reopening on March 30th, 2020. We have made the decision to do so in order to support our working families and to offer a sense of normalcy and safety to our students. Due to the changing circumstances and different opening criteria, we are no longer strictly following MCPS emergency closings. Instead, we will be making this decision in conjunction with CDC, Montgomery County Department Of Health and Human Services, and local education and health authorities.
This is insane!!! How can you ensure social distancing among toddlers and young kids?! Where does she place the safety of the kids and teachers?! What can parents and teachers do? Btw, she is not refunding the two weeks close and there was NO online class!
Here's the deal. They are banking on YOU (parents) CHOOSING to not send kids to the school. If they are "open", they can charge you tuition and it is your call whether or not you use the service you are paying for. Same idea is when your family goes on vacation - you choose what days you are just not going to be at the school and you pay tuition anyway.
If they are closed, they are going to be forced (maybe by lawsuits, parent pressure, or other means) to not charge tuition.
They are choosing the shifty way out so they can make families make the hard choice. That tells me all I need to know about the school and its leadership.
Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty obvious who the essential workers are right now- do children from these private schools/daycares that continue to remain open or will open in the upcoming weeks come from families of grocers, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, janitors, police officers, medics, fire fighters, mail delivery..highly doubt it. This concept of supporting "working families" is disgusting and is strictly for profit.
It's a hard pill to swallow, realizing who is truly essential during a world wide crisis.
We know a family of health care workers- both husband and wife are ER nurses. Their child is living with another family for the next month because they are terrified of exposing their child to coronavirus. When will people outside of the medical field take this seriously?
Anonymous wrote:There are people who need, not want child care. Our medical staff, government workers who provide services, folks that keep our supply chains and utilities running. Would you rather little kids be left home alone or critical things not get done? Yes, we need to shut things down and stay home but not everyone has that luxury.
Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from the head:
If it is safe to do so, WFCH will be reopening on March 30th, 2020. We have made the decision to do so in order to support our working families and to offer a sense of normalcy and safety to our students. Due to the changing circumstances and different opening criteria, we are no longer strictly following MCPS emergency closings. Instead, we will be making this decision in conjunction with CDC, Montgomery County Department Of Health and Human Services, and local education and health authorities.
This is insane!!! How can you ensure social distancing among toddlers and young kids?! Where does she place the safety of the kids and teachers?! What can parents and teachers do? Btw, she is not refunding the two weeks close and there was NO online class!
Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from the head:
If it is safe to do so, WFCH will be reopening on March 30th, 2020. We have made the decision to do so in order to support our working families and to offer a sense of normalcy and safety to our students. Due to the changing circumstances and different opening criteria, we are no longer strictly following MCPS emergency closings. Instead, we will be making this decision in conjunction with CDC, Montgomery County Department Of Health and Human Services, and local education and health authorities.
This is insane!!! How can you ensure social distancing among toddlers and young kids?! Where does she place the safety of the kids and teachers?! What can parents and teachers do? Btw, she is not refunding the two weeks close and there was NO online class!
Anonymous wrote:This is strictly a financial decision. "Sense of normalcy" for the kids is such bullshit.
Anonymous wrote:Why would a school want to open during a time of crisis. Isn’t the headline risk too much to even entertain the idea