The Young Jaguars center is part of a Texas A&M University-San Antonio effort to improve local child care quality and availability.
Monica Tijerina, left, drops off her daughter London, 5, off at the Young Jaguars child care program at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.At the beginning of this year, Texas A&M University-San Antonio opened a unique child care that’s free of charge for single parents and Pell Grant-eligible students attending the university on the South Side of San Antonio.Success! You're on the list.
The more expansive program is called Campus CARES and is made possible with a $1.75 million Department of Education grant. As part of the program, the university is developing Educare San Antonio, a $19.7 million, 26,000-square-foot on-campus facility that will provide child care for TAMU-SA students, staff and Bexar County residents. Tijerina is in her second semester at TAMU-SA, where she transferred after obtaining an associate’s degree from a local community college.
With Young Jaguars, she has been able to study and attend evening classes free of guilt. In lieu of watching TV, her daughter is in a high-quality early education center with engaging activities and curriculum. Children attending the center, which is currently open in the afternoons from 3:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday, are not the only ones learning new things. Students from business majors to kinesiology majors and those studying early childhood education could all learn from different aspects of the center.
Monica Tijerina works on a paper at El Centro at Texas A&M University-San Antonio while her daughter is cared for at the Young Jaguars child care program.Melissa Jozwiak, a professor in the Department of Educator and Leadership Preparation, said that is part of the lab school model envisioned for the TAMU-SA students studying childhood education.
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