We are currently open with an Emergency Child Care License and serve children 4 months to 14, we have 22 staff, the center is hospital owned and we are required to follow same policies as medical center employees. All of our teachers are required to wear hospital issued mask, they can not be homemade. Our children are not required to wear mask at the center under our DCFS license. We take the staff temperatures and document it when they come in and in the afternoon. Parents drop off the children in the lobby of the school, we take children's temperature when they are dropped off and we escort them to the classrooms, where the teacher greets them and they follow the classroom protocols in place for hand washing. They installed plexiglass shields at the front desk. The hospital created social distancing posters to post in the front lobby and in common areas of our building. We have footprints that are placed 6ft apart for parents to come in and wait when we go and retrieve the children. No more than 4 parents can wait in the lobby, we have signs posted to wait outside until space is available. I hope this is helpful.
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Maria E Walker
Laurance Armour Day School
Chicago IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-16-2020 01:42 PM
From: Chris Bertoch
Subject: Children and Masks
We serve children 18 months - 5 years. CDC and DCF recommend masks for all over age two. DCF is not requiring masks and will not write citations if centers do not follow this recommendation. What are other centers doing regarding masks for the children and staff? We hope to re-open June 1st with about 25 staff and up to 80 children in 10 classrooms. We would love some guidance from other center directors.
Thank you!
Ms. Christine Bertoch, Director
Annsworth Academy
2919 Kerry Forest Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32309
(850) 668-9072
chris@annsworth.com