“Our waitlist is so long that some of these children will be in first or second grade by the time we have space available,” said Rosemary Williams, the owner and administrator of Discovery Preschool.
Childcare workers interact with infants at Gold Creek Child Development Center in Juneau on May 11, 2018.
“I have parents that are pregnant on the waitlist for the infant room, parents that are planning on getting pregnant asking about waitlist applications, just because the childcare need in Juneau is so huge,” she said. She said most of them were local parents with full-time jobs who ultimately decided against the career switch.
Aurora Lights Childcare Center is closing Thursday after its own search for a new administrator proved unsuccessful. They announced the closure to families and staff in mid-October and intended to stay open through March, but a drop in enrollment and loss of staff caused them to close this week.
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