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Westchester County announced plans Thursday for 27 school districts to start providing daytime child care for the children of health care workers and first responders.
Plans call for free child care to be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for children ages 5 to 12.
County residents who want to drop off their children will need to provide proof of employment, like a work ID, at drop-off, according to the county. In addition, health care workers and first responders who live outside Westchester but work within the county can take advantage of the child care program.
School systems are responsible for providing personnel to supervise the daycare sites, according to the county.
"This is an important thing we as a County can do to help support these brave men and women who are the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 outbreak," County Executive George Latimer said in a statement. "I want them to be able to focus on their work and know that their children are well taken care of."
An executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo required school districts to submit child care plans for the children of essential workers to the state Education Department by 5 p.m. Thursday. Westchester County sent plans for 27 districts — plus four large supplemental sites — to the governor's office Thursday afternoon. The county did not yet have plans from other districts, a spokesperson said.
According to the county, each child dropped off at a center will have his or her temperature taken. Children with flu-like symptoms may not attend.
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Between 10 and 12 children will be cared for in a single room. An aide and/or teacher, as well as a nurse, will watch over each group. Social distancing will be practiced, the county said.
For children 5 and younger, daycare arrangements are still being worked out.
The county said that parents who want to use a child care center should contact their school district for more information, including when their local site is ready to accept children.
Below are the locations of the daycare sites as of Thursday evening:
- Ardsley: Concord Road Elementary School
- Bedford: Mount Kisco Elementary School
- Blind Brook: Bruno M Ponterio Ridge Street School
- Bronxville: Bronxville Elementary School
- Byram Hills: Armonk Children's Corner
- Croton-Harmon: Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School
- Dobbs Ferry: Coordinated with existing after-school program at Springhurst Elementary School
- Edgemont: Edgemont High School
- Greenburgh – North Castle: Kenneth B. Clark Academy
- Harrison: Harrison Elementary School
- Hastings on Hudson: Pre-K to 4th Grade: Hillside Elementary School; 5th and 6th Grade: Farragut Middle School
- Hendrick Hudson: Hendrick Hudson Elementary School
- Irvington: Dows Lane Elementary School
- Katonah – Lewisboro: Elementary School
- Mount Vernon: Holmes Elementary School and additional child care resources will be provided at Macedonian Baptist Church; Mount Vernon Heights Congregational Church and Allen Memorial Church or the Church of God in Christ
- New Rochelle: City School District of New Rochelle’s District Offices (second floor of New Rochelle City Hall)
- Ossining: Park Elementary School
- Peekskill: Uriah Hill Elementary School
- Pelham: Siwanoy and Hutchinson Elementary Schools
- Pocantico Hills: Contact district for details.
- Rye City: Rye High School or Rye Middle School
- Somers: Somers Intermediate School
- Tarrytown: John Paulding Elementary School
- Valhalla: Easter Seals or Valhalla Middle/High School
- White Plains: Post Road Elementary School between 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Yonkers: Each site may accommodate 2-3 classes of 10 students aged 4-12
- Casimir Pulaski School – 150 Kings Cross, Scarsdale
- Montessori School 31 – 7 Ravenswood Road
- School 17 – 745 Midland Ave.
- Yorktown: Yorktown High School between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The county will also provide supplementary child care sites at the following locations:
- The Carver Center in Port Chester from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. for children ages 4 to 12. Will provide lunches.
- SUNY Purchase’s Children’s Center. The facility requires an inspection by Westchester County Department of Health; this inspection is currently in progress.
- The Virginia Marx Children’s Center at Westchester Community College will reopen March 23 from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.
- The Westchester County Center will utilize eight rooms to accommodate 10 to 15 students in each; 20 people from five youth programs will staff the County Center. Westchester Community College will provide nursing students at this facility and the county's Parks Department’s vendor will provide meals.
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