Photo: Kate Samp for Strategies for Children
“What Will Child Care Look Like In Our New Normal?” WBUR’s Radio Boston show asked this week.
Featured on the show were Sandy Emery, the owner of Sandy’s Tiny Tykes in Haverhill and Emma LaVecchia, co-founder of Pine Village Preschool — as well as Amy O’Leary, director of the Early Education for All Campaign at Strategies for Children.
Setting the policy stage, Amy explained that, “The Governor working alongside the Commissioner of Early Education and Care closed child care. Many states never made this choice… So with closing chid care and then opening in emergency sites, we are seeing an opportunity, as we think about reopening, [to think] about what it looks like to reopen stronger than we were before.”
Check out the rest of the segment and leave a comment sharing your experiences.
Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.
I believe it was a good idea to close. The reason why children really haven’t been diagnosed with covid is because schools and childcare’s are closed. If we open up childcare too soon it will be very difficult. As it is, EEC will be proving a LOT of guidance when opening. Childcare will not be the same again. Also, now with these other viruses that children are now getting, its even scarier. Thank you Governor for all you are doing for our state and our childcare community.