I decided that we should, and we did. We became a little bit famous over that two week period. Faculty, staff, and students asked me what I thought of the candidates' response to The Day Care Question. I did it to show the campus, both current and future administrations, the lengths parents must go through to work or attend classes on this campus. Our students need day care, including non-traditional students, a growing portion of the student population.
Day care can help attract students and can help enormously with retention.
It can also help improve the early childcare development program on campus. Now our education majors must travel to another city to observe day care operations. If we had our own, students could stay on campus and not have to miss other classes on the days they observe the children in the day care facility. I understand that there are other needs on campus. I also long for more books and journals in the library, better classrooms, and, on some days, just a piece of chalk long enough to use without my fingernails scratching on the blackboard.