Tag: West Virginia Public Employees Day Care

State Finds Group to Run Public Employees Day Care Center

West Virginia officials have found a group to run a day care center at the Capitol complex for children of public employees.

The Department of Administration says Discovery Kingdom Child Care will take over the West Virginia Public Employees Day Care Center.

Discovery Kingdom Child Care currently runs a child care center in Charleston with more than 100 children.

Kanawha County Schools has said it will stop operating the Capitol complex day care facility after Dec. 2. The Kanawha school system has been in charge since the center’s inception in 1992.

The change-over date will be determined during the transition period.

The center serves children from six weeks through five years of age.

Kanawha Schools to Close Three Daycare Facilities

Kanawha County Schools plans to close three daycare facilities in March.

Executive director of elementary education Bob Calhoun attributes the closures to funding cuts. He says that the facilities have lost about $60,000 since the beginning of the school year.

The West Virginia Public Employees Day Care at the Capitol Complex and the Shawnee and Elk Center Elementary daycares are scheduled to close March 30. They employ a total 40 workers.

The school system’s Community Education Program operates the daycares, along with 21 after school and four before school programs.
 

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