Today didn’t go how I thought it would. Through the school closures and now restaurant/bar closures, my daycare and many others are still open. My expectation for today and the rest of this week was that the daycare would be packed full of kids who don’t have school. Walking in this morning I was shocked to learn that most of the building was low in numbers. Most parents decided to keep their kids home at least for the remainder of this week. However the low amount of kids in the building didn’t seem to limit the chaos.
My center's response to keeping out the virus is to simply not allow parents into the building. I'm not really sure what this prevents because their kids bring in the same germs they would but these are the steps they have taken. This means that every child is dropped off at the door and then escorted to their room and at the end of the day they are escorted back to the front door to their parent. This seems simple enough except for the fact that they let the extra teachers go home early. So there were only three people (myself included) answering the phones and running up and down the halls to get children to their parents. It wasn’t an easy day but at least we know what to expect for tomorrow.
So many questions. Lots of chaos. I’m sure that was tricky for the kids- not their routine. You always seem to take what sit grown at you with grace.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't sound like an easy day at all! Glad you got through it and that it has prepared you for tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many different situations to work through and everyone is trying to do the best they can with information changing constantly. Chaos is definitely one of the results! Good luck tomorrow!
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