School is closed; you have to work. Now what? The OKC Zoo has an option …
When school is canceled unexpectedly, what do you do with your children when you have to go to work? It’s a puzzle enough when the routine is normal, but when I woke up this morning, I learned that my puzzle had changed. The Edmond School District, like Oklahoma City and many others today, had decided to close.
So today working parents have a handful of choices, like most days like this: 1) Attempting to work from home (which usually works out fine for me as long as I don’t have technical glitches, which happened today); 2) bringing my kids to work with me (which happened today because of the computer glitches); 3) scrambling around to find backup childcare; or 4) taking a sick day. None of these options are easy choices for any parent. I’m thankful my bosses allow me to be somewhat flexible, within reason. Even at home, I can usually work fine, because my children are getting old enough to be independent. That still doesn’t feel like a good solution.
The Oklahoma City Zoo just might come to my rescue, Maybe it could help yours. Someone there had a brilliant plan to help parents out tomorrow. Take them to the “Cold Weather Safari Camp.” Pay just $20 to leave your child from ages 4 to 15 there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Early pickup starts at 7:30 a.m., and children can be picked up as late as 5:30 p.m. Age-appropriate activities may include live animal encounters, crafts, stories, songs, discovery stations and more.
Children are asked to bring a sack lunch, but the zoo will provide morning and afternoon snacks. Call ahead registration is recommended, but not required. Attendance is limited to the first 100 children between the ages of 4 and 15. Call (405) 425-0218 for registration or information or go online to www.okczoo.com.
Do you know of any other organization offering such a great solution? I’d certainly like to hear.
~Lillie-Beth Brinkman (lbrinkman@opubco.com)
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