childcare
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Major child care expansion project complete
Otter Creek Child Center cut the ceremonial ribbon on its newly completed renovations that will allow it to ramp up staffing and add 77 childcare slots.
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Otter Creek Child Center expansion project nears completion
Otter Creek Child Center’s 12,000-square-foot addition will allow the organization to increase staffing, add new classrooms, serve 77 more children, and be fully ADA compliant.
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New childcare center opens in former Addison school
The Growing Tree, a full-day childcare and preschool program for children ages 32 months to five years, recently opened in the Addison Community Center.
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ACSD families embrace universal pre-K
There are now nearly 400 Addison County children enrolled in Universal PreK (UPK) programs — 158 of those from the Middlebury area alone. This is a number that…
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Letter to the editor: Childcare bill comes at a price
I recall my family’s struggle with childcare years ago. Paying to be on wait lists, commuting in separate directions each morning, short notice sick days — not to…
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Children are back at the old Salisbury school
An oft-repeated African proverb posits that it takes a village to raise a child. In Salisbury, it took a community to launch a new childcare center.
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Editorial: Act 76 helps solve a marketplace problem
The almost immediate impact Act 76 has had on Vermont’s childcare industry is not only hopeful but demonstrates how a targeted government program can help solve a problem…
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A year after Act 76, childcare offerings surge
A recent, massive infusion of new money into Vermont’s childcare system through a new law has helped create 1,000 new slots statewide and spurred a renaissance in the…
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Addison County gets a new childcare coordinator
Longtime childcare worker Ashley Bessette of New Haven was recently appointed as the Addison County Universal Pre-K Coordinator. She is replacing the previous UPK coordinator, Meg Baker, who…
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Otter Creek Child Center expansion underway
As of June 2024, the Otter Creek Child Center’s expansion project officially began construction at 150 Weybridge St in Middlebury.
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Profiles: Evergreen Preschool helps bring up good kids
“Working with kids is some of the best therapy around. Their curiosity, innocence, and unconditional love is so heartwarming,” said Ashley Bessette.
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Early Childhood Guide: Childcare tuition assistance for more Vermont families
Progress toward Vermont’s childcare solution is underway as Act 76 rolls out. This year, over 7,000 more families will become eligible for childcare tuition assistance from the state.…
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Letter to the editor: Childcare payroll tax misguided
The shortage of child care is the fault of Vermont because of all the regulated rules that caused the closings of child care providers in the state.
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Salisbury childcare center plan hits snag
State rules governing public water systems could drown a plan to establish a new childcare center in a portion of Salisbury’s former elementary school building.
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Otter Creek Child Center earns town OK for expansion
The project, dubbed the “Community Children’s Center Expansion Project,” calls for a new, 6,900-square-foot addition at the OCCC, along with renovations to the existing building and related site…
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Big projects to bring more childcare slots
The Middlebury area will see a major infusion of much-needed childcare slots during the next two years, thanks to a big expansion of an established center and the…