Annandale Coop is more than a daycare or preschool. The parents who work in the classroom learn valuable parenting skills from the professional teacher. Their hours in the classroom could easily be considered training hours. I believe in the past the state accepted those hours as training. Our school has met the highest standards since 1947. We count on our parents to help in the classroom and the community counts on the Coop to provide the highest quality preschool experience. If a daycare,with an all paid staff is what a family is looking for the Coop would not have lasted 70 years. Please exempt cooperative preschools from the required excessive training hours for the participating parents. Thank you.