At Growing With Wonder, a clear runny nose that needs to be wiped only five times or fewer in half an hour can stay. The rest go.
Kids with runny noses sent home during Covid, creating havoc with jobs, child care
Tag: child care
Chloe Learey: Early childhood education and child care are not synonymous
What we have come to learn is that care is education in these early years, whether we are intentional about it or not.
Child care system adds hubs quickly, but many families still face big problem
The state’s patchwork child care solution still leaves plenty of families in the lurch, many of whom are balking at paying for care they once received for free through their public schools.
Milne releases platform featuring tax incentives, education finance reform
The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor called his platform, which includes roughly 60 proposals, a ‘blueprint’ for making the state ‘a better place to live.’
State reports ‘significant progress’ expanding child care openings
With just a week to go before schools start, officials says they have so far expanded child care programs in eight counties.
State outlines plans to beef up child care capacity as schools set to reopen
Some regulations will be eased to expand the system quickly, including setting up regional child care hubs for students on remote learning days.
Schubart: Do we recapture the past, or face the challenges revealed by the pandemic?
Vermont has a unique opportunity to reimagine the future.
Chloe Learey: Yes, we are open for child care
Fundamentally, we are learning about the importance of trusting each other and communicating when issues and questions arise, and to stay flexible in the face of the continued unknown.
Chloe Learey: Child care can open safely and needs continued investment
We can open safely and advocate for ongoing investment in a child care system for the future that is stronger, more equitable, and more sustainable.
As child cares reopen, staff and families hesitant to return
Only half of Vermont’s child care providers opened this week, as low enrollment and new expenses further squeeze the facilities.
Chloe Learey: Child care will need more staff, more space, more money
We either need to increase tuition, increase fundraising, or find other ways to support the industry, since child care is a critical piece of infrastructure for many other businesses to function.
State issues reopening rules for child care, drive-ins and retail
The new guidance caps capacity at child care facilities to no more than 25 children and teachers, total, in a single room.
Child care centers can reopen June 1, Scott announces
But with limits on large gatherings in place, schools should not plan for traditional graduation ceremonies by the end of the school year, the education secretary announced.
Is Vermont’s child care bailout fair?
Families — including those affected by joblessness — are being asked to pay 50% of the tuition they were paying before facilities closed if they want to keep their spots in a program.