Kentucky increasing child care classroom sizes to pre-pandemic levels
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Updated: 1:23 PM EDT Mar 17, 2021
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Updated: 1:23 PM EDT Mar 17, 2021
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LIFTING IN KENTUCKY. YEAH, THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR PARENTS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS CAN NOW GO BACK TO NORMAL CLASS SIZES WLWT NEWS 5’S MAYOR MASSEY LIVE WITH A NEW GUIDELINES AND WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS? YES AND GOOD MORNING KELLY COLLINS. SO YEAH, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING NEWS NOT ONLY FOR THOSE PARENTS, BUT FOR ALSO CHILD CARE. PROVIDERS NOW THE CHANGE IN CLASS SIZES COMES ALMOST ONE MONTH AFTER EMPLOYEES BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE GOVERNOR. ANDY BASHIR IS ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF THE GROUP SIZES RANGING FROM 10 INFANTS TO 30 FOR KIDS 77 AND OLDER NOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS WILL STILL BE SCREENED FOR COVID-19 SYMPTOMS AS THEY ENTER AND PPE WILL BE REQUIRED ALONG WITH THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WE SPOKE TO A TEACHER AT NEWPORT’S FUN DAY LEARNING CENTER WHO SAYS TOOK QUITE A HIT FROM THE PANDEM. HAVING TO CLOSE FOR THREE MONTHS REDUCE STAFF AND PRIORITIZE INTAKE TO CHILDREN OF FIRST RESPONDERS TEACHERS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS. NOW THE CENTER IS DOWN ABOUT 30% OF ITS NORMAL CAPACITY, BUT SINCE BASHIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS, THEY’VE ALREADY STARTED CALLING PARENTS OFF THE WAITING LIST AND ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A NEW TEACHER TO HELP KEEP UP WITH THAT INCREASING CLASS SIZE. US BEING ABLE TO OPEN BACK UP MEANS A JOB FOR A COUPLE OF TEACHERS THAT GET TO COME HERE AND WORK AND HAVE MONEY INSTEAD OF VERSES TO BEING HOME AND NOT HAVING WORK. SO IMPULSE IT’S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR KIDS AND KNOW THAT THEY’RE SAFE. YES, AND SO GOVERNOR BASHIR SAYS VISITOR RESTRICTIONS WILL STILL REMAIN IN PLACE NOW, WE WEREN’T EVEN ALLOWED TO GO INTO THAT CHILD CARE CENTER THAT WE VISITED IN NEWPORT FOR NOW. THEY’RE JUST LIMITING BUILDING ACCESS TO CHILDREN AND STAFF NEONAMASSA WLWT NEWS 5 MANA AS THE STATE OF KENTUCKY BEGINS THIS NEW PROCESS TO EASY’S RESTRICTIONS. HOW ARE LOCAL PROVIDERS AND CENTERS TRYING TO KEEP CHILDREN AND THEIR STAFF SAFE HERE AT WORK? YEAH, SO THEY SAY REALLY NOTHING CHANGES. THAT’S AS FAR AS CLEANING SAFETY PROTOCOLS NOW AT THE CENTER. THEY SANITIZE ONCE AN HOUR AND THE STATE ALSO REQUIRES THAT CHILDREN STAY IN THOSE SAME GROUPS ALL DAY JUST IN CASE THEY NEED TO DO THOSE CONTACT TRACING THE PROCESS. ALL RIGHT MANA MASTER REPORTING