One of the things that I find concerning is who is not commenting here. VDOE employees are not given space to give feedback and I know many licnesing administrators and inspectors would have useful insight. The culture of VDOE doesn't allow for that candid feedback.

I would be especially interested in what the office of child care quality would say if it were safe for them to speak up.

Also many non-profits and people who have grant funding cannot post on these forums because it could be misunderstood as political. There are whole organizations then left out of this commenting system.

One thing I was considering is the impact of more and more VDOE online (often required) training pushing educators out of local training options provided by ReadyKids, VAAEYC, ChildCareAware and the like. I doubt anyone from any of those organizations are going to speak to that if that is a concern.