Are childcare options being provided during closures?
Closing schools has a major impact on our ability to staff hospitals, health care facilities, and other fire and medical departments. Superintendents have been asked to provide childcare, at no cost, to families who are in the medical field or who are first responders.
What if I don’t work in those fields?
If families don’t work in the healthcare or first responder fields but are expected to continue to attend work during the closure, they should reach out to their school district. Districts can make additional decisions that are needed for their communities.
Washington State will receive somewhere between ~$10 million and ~$20 million from the emergency appropriation signed last week, so I'd imagine that school districts could make supplementary budget requests to cover this.
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This isn’t for Michigan, but here’s how Washington is trying to address child care and meals given the impossible situation: https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/communicati...
That's sounds a lot like "we're not giving them money to help, but if they can pull a solution out of their asses we'd appreciate it"
Washington State will receive somewhere between ~$10 million and ~$20 million from the emergency appropriation signed last week, so I'd imagine that school districts could make supplementary budget requests to cover this.
As far as I know, teachers are being paid during this time, and are effectively "on call."
As this is an executive order from the Governor, teachers won't be required to make up the time when students return.