We have our son in an in-home daycare. She uses the county school schedule, so anytime the county schools are closed, she's closed. Well, today they closed, and subsequently, so did she. This is a huge pain in the rear since I still had to work and so did DH. She's still getting paid for today and I just don't think she should close since she doesn't have to go anywhere. We go to her.
Last year the same thing happened and when I said something, she said it was for the safety of the children... well, it is not safer for my child if I have to drag him to an alternate daycare option (my mom or friend) and they live much further than her daycare which is on my way to work.... Turns out today the roads were just wet, not hazardous at all.
She's awesome otherwise, so considering changing daycare would be difficult, but I think this is highly inconvenient.
What is your daycare inclement weather policy?? Do you not think this is pretty ridiculous... ?
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Re: Daycare Closed due to weather... what an inconvenience!
Haven't found a DC that refunds snow days.
I certainly would gripe. I had to go to school on snow days. But I was also raised in NY where snow is normal. OP I think it's pretty ridiculous for the school system to shut down just because of rain. Where do you live?
You said "Don't tell me schools in NY never close. Of course they do. Just not in the same circumstances as other places." I wanted to clarify that I wasn't telling you. No problem.
I'm not used to the term snow days because our school didn't close for just snow. So when I said I went to school on snow days, I was being literal since they were days when it snowed.
Jasmine - thank you for your insight. Don't mind Lalamama, she's always this way.
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DS's daycare provider (in home), text me last night that DC will be closed today due to everyone in her household having the flu. So of course I had to scramble to make last minutre babysitting arrangements.
If they closed because of the flu, I'd totally understand but, otherwise, I'd also find it annoying if it was an in home provider that closed with the schools. We go to a center that is affiliated with the district so they close down every time the wind blows too hard.
If school closes, parents with one child in daycare and one child in school get first priority.
If she closes due to illness she does not charge.
If you cancel because of illness she uses personal discretion on whether or not you are charged. Did you call 24 hours in advance? Is it an ear ache or projectile vomiting? Do you cancel a lot?
I have never had a reason to complain about her or her policies.
When I moved to SC it never snowed so we never had a snow day there and in NY school only closed (due to weather) the years when we had an occasional blizzard, which was understandable. The other times we missed school were for other reasons- Brooklyn/Queens Day, 9/11 we were dismissed early and didn't attend school for the remainder of the week, ect. They never referred to it as snow day- just severe weather.
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I grew up in NY, lived in Queens for 17 years and SC for 2. So I am aware of how NYC schools operate and I am not saying that they don't close for snow, but when I was in school- snow was not one of the reasons that we were closed, unless it was a storm of some sort. I now understand the meaning of "SNOW DAY" but I was thinking of something else, like when you say VA closes for an inch of snow- I was clarfying that my school did not. Thank you.
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