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Room 3564 home to new age group
Our Little Village to offer day care center in Valley Library, kids from 6 months to 10 years welcome
Nick Ngo
Issue date: 10/3/07 Section: News
Student parents looking to study during evenings and weekends, can now drop-off their children at Our Little Village's new day care center located at the Valley Library.
Student parents, with children 6-months-old to 10-years-old, can take advantage of this free service and catch up on homework.
"It's funded through student fees," said Stephanie Duckett, ASOSU student-parent advocate. "There's no additional cost for students to use the center. [Although], students have to sign a release form."
Parents must stay in the library after dropping off their kids. They're handed a pager in-case they need to be reached, and a sensor to notify the center if the parents leave the library.
The day care center, located in room 3564, is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
After Oct. 16, the day care will switch to a full time schedule. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the center will be open from 2:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The center is set up to function on a first-come first-serve basis.
"We can fit up to seven children, more if it's older children - less if it's younger children," Duckett said.
There are currently five staff members and a site director to coordinate the day care center.
Kristi King, the day care site director, said that the center offers student parents a chance to utilize the library during the evenings and weekends.
"A library is typically a place student parents don't get access to - especially evenings and weekends," King said.
Children have access to fun and educational activities such as toy cars, blocks, Legos and puzzles.
"[Also], we'll do creative projects and read books," King said. "[Plus], writing, drawing and stories."
Heather James, a senior in HDFS and pre-nursing, is excited for the day care.
"It's not very common to have a drop-off day care in the university library, it's the first of its kind," said James, a day care staff member. "This is the culmination of a lot of hard work."
Duckett said they have been working with the library to set up the day care for a year. She said the day care is not licensed as a childcare center but is as close as it can be.
"The reason we can't be licensed is because any kind of childcare center needs at least two emergency exits," Duckett said.
The day care center is located on the third floor of the library in a room which has one door but no windows.
"Those are the reasons [we can't be licensed], but we're operating in most licensing standards," Duckett said.
They plan on expanding the day care center to other additional areas that can be licensed.
"We took what we could get," Duckett said. "We're just working with what we get but there's more to come."
Student parents, with children 6-months-old to 10-years-old, can take advantage of this free service and catch up on homework.
"It's funded through student fees," said Stephanie Duckett, ASOSU student-parent advocate. "There's no additional cost for students to use the center. [Although], students have to sign a release form."
Parents must stay in the library after dropping off their kids. They're handed a pager in-case they need to be reached, and a sensor to notify the center if the parents leave the library.
The day care center, located in room 3564, is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
After Oct. 16, the day care will switch to a full time schedule. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the center will be open from 2:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The center is set up to function on a first-come first-serve basis.
"We can fit up to seven children, more if it's older children - less if it's younger children," Duckett said.
There are currently five staff members and a site director to coordinate the day care center.
Kristi King, the day care site director, said that the center offers student parents a chance to utilize the library during the evenings and weekends.
"A library is typically a place student parents don't get access to - especially evenings and weekends," King said.
Children have access to fun and educational activities such as toy cars, blocks, Legos and puzzles.
"[Also], we'll do creative projects and read books," King said. "[Plus], writing, drawing and stories."
Heather James, a senior in HDFS and pre-nursing, is excited for the day care.
"It's not very common to have a drop-off day care in the university library, it's the first of its kind," said James, a day care staff member. "This is the culmination of a lot of hard work."
Duckett said they have been working with the library to set up the day care for a year. She said the day care is not licensed as a childcare center but is as close as it can be.
"The reason we can't be licensed is because any kind of childcare center needs at least two emergency exits," Duckett said.
The day care center is located on the third floor of the library in a room which has one door but no windows.
"Those are the reasons [we can't be licensed], but we're operating in most licensing standards," Duckett said.
They plan on expanding the day care center to other additional areas that can be licensed.
"We took what we could get," Duckett said. "We're just working with what we get but there's more to come."
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