Despite the corona pandemic, many parents have to work and therefore need functioning childcare.
This continues, but with fewer children who are looked after in small groups to reduce contact.
District
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According to Martina Vöst, the
Caritas kindergarten in
Peiting
continues to operate with full staff.
This is also necessary if only a few children come.
This is because the groups must remain separate.
They should not be merged, even if this were numerically possible.
The numbers have been increasing since opening after Christmas
According to Vöst, the number of children in the Peitinger house is relatively low, as many parents have the opportunity to look after the children themselves.
In Hohenpeißenberg, more children would attend the facility, which, like two other houses in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, belongs to the Caritas kindergarten.
Vöst does not have exact numbers on occupancy, as these fluctuate greatly.
But there has been an increase since the opening after Christmas.
They also expect this to continue until mid-February.
In Schongau only 25 percent come, the other children are looked after at home
“The parents deal with the situation very responsibly,” says Kerstin Hahn, who runs the municipal facility “Kindergarten and Crèche Rainbow” in
Schongau
.
Currently, only around 25 percent of the children come to the facility, the others are looked after at home to avoid contact.
“I take my hat off to the parents who master it,” said Hahn.
The nursery in Weilheim is almost full
“The crib is almost full,” says Tanja Holzer, who runs the “Catholic Children's Home Mariae Himmelfahrt” in
Weilheim
.
This was also to be expected because the crèche is used by parents who are employed.
The staff cannot complain about a lack of work either, since the five kindergarten groups continue to run normally, albeit with fewer attendance.
The occupancy rate here is currently around 50 percent, with a slight upward trend.
Holzer also expects the occupancy rate to increase further in February.
She did not have the exact figures yet because the survey of parents about the desired booking times from February onwards had not yet been completed.
Only a third come to the “FortSchritt” children's home on the Ammer, but the numbers are increasing
Head Kerstin Schwarzer describes the capacity utilization of the “FortSchritt” children's home on the Ammer in
Peißenberg
as “fluctuating from day to day”
.
The visit to the integrative facility also depends on the day of the week.
At present, a good third of the children come to the children's home, although “the numbers are increasing”.
The query for February shows this.
According to Schwarzer, the entire staff is on duty because all groups continue to run.
This is also necessary with a small number of children, because the groups have to be kept separate and small.
In addition, the groups would have to be continued in the old form after a complete opening.
Although only 40 percent of the children are there, the staff almost always have to appear in full
According to Susanne Teubner, "the uncertainty of how things will continue" creates "tension".
She is the director of the Protestant house for children in
Penzberg
.
The specifications announced at short notice often required a balancing act.
This affects the kindergarten staff as well as the families at home.
In addition, in the case of their daycare center, open work, in which the children are not divided into groups, is now not allowed.
The children need to be looked after in groups in order to reduce contacts.
However, it is helpful that currently only around 40 percent of the 63 children are coming, so the groups can be kept small.
Nevertheless, the staff almost always has to be at the facility.
Only a small part of the work, such as preparations, can be done in the home office.
Not everyone does work in day care centers
Teubner is not happy with the image that some people have of work in day-care centers.
Many employees were asked what they do with their free time now that the kindergartens are closed.
“But we were and will be open normally until December 23rd and again from January 11th after the Christmas holidays,” said Teubner.
But it is often not perceived that way.
ALFRED SCHUBERT
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