if you plan to move to or near town of vienna and need daycare, be advised it'll be hard to find one (mortgage, daycares)

[BarqCider]

The town is still standing hard against issuing special permits allowing certain private daycares to hold 12 kids. They are essentially ignoring what the county has said and are maintaining a stance of 7 kids max.

a family member of mine runs one within the town and I figured future potential residents, current residents know of this situation. the town is really trying to avoid having younger families move into town for whatever reason of which I myself don't understand. The irony of being a family friendly area might be true if your kids are older, but those who need a daycare will soon find themselves finding themselves competing with other places for spots, as of right now it looks like a bunch of children will be displaced from daycare within the town itself.

I personally would like to plead to folks with kids or soon to be parents who are looking for a daycare within the town to voice their concerns to those in charge of this town. I know a few centers who will close down due to the number of children being limited to 7 and those who survive will need to increase prices to maybe offset the cut in numbers (don't forget the number of people employed in the daycare).

[acgood]

Thanks for the update. Am I correct that Loudoun is allowing the 12 kids too?

[BarqCider]

7 kids doesn't pay a mortgage and expenses unless each kid is about 3-400/week min. even then who knows what financial state those other providers are in. my family member was always one of the lowest rates in the area. I had to tell her to increase just a bit her rates, because she wouldn't after over a decade. Everything has gone up in a decade.

[FCNova]

A friend of mine is putting his baby in a home daycare in FFX County where the woman limits it to 5 max. She charges 250/week.

[BarqCider]

Originally Posted by FCNova

A friend of mine is putting his baby in a home daycare in FFX County where the woman limits it to 5 max. She charges 250/week.

she's probably working alone then. anything over 5 would require assistants and they demand salary too.
it also depends on how much the zoning allows for as well, which might be 5 max (esp if its a townhouse) or 7 max if its in the town of Vienna (of course this depends on the zoning of said house).

[slaintejean]

You are talking about home daycares? Twelve kids in a home daycare sounds like a lot to me in a residential neighborhood. You would need a huge house to have an adequate daycare for 12 kids. Seven sounds more reasonable. Maybe there were a lot of complaints near the crowded home daycares about neighborhood congestion for dropoffs/pickups.

[Carlingtonian]

Not enough babysitters/daycare workers? Two words:

Border Collies.

[dmv101010]

personally in an inhome I prefer to only see 4-5 kids

[slduvall]

I agree, I wouldn't put my child in a home with 12 kids, the ages can vary too much. Might as well go with a daycare center, where there are more inspections and in my opinion control.

That said, I know it isn't always feasible for every family. But the new rules IMO aren't to punish but to increase safety etc.

[MrsEvie64]

You can have a 1000+ sq.ft. basement completely devoted to a home daycare. I don't think that is too small an area to have 12 kids in, and probably provides more space per child than a room in a daycare center would. It is much more convenient (and comforting) for some parents to not have to go outside their neighborhood to drop off and pick up, and also have a more friendly and personal relationship with the person caring for their kids since they are neighbors.