Fairfax board to address day care changes

Fairfax County day care operators say they have been able to survive by meeting a Virginia state standard under which they can care for up to 12 children, while ignoring a rarely enforced county statute that would limit them to caring for seven children.

But now, the county is threatening more rigorous enforcement of its standard, causing local day care providers to cry foul. At the same time, the county wants the day care providers to have a landline telephone installed in their homes. That has also aggravated the operators, who claim it is an unnecessary expense.