Early one morning Penny Rains, accounts payable clerk, came into my office and told me that the heat was off in the Children's Center. I said that I'd get to it in a little while. She responded, 'My son is over there. The only consistent complaint about the center is that not all employees can afford it. Normally in the child care business, teachers are hired part time with no fringe benefits.
Good programs cost a lot of money.
Faculty members with children come here in part because of the center and it reduces the stress on working parents. In its 10-year history, the Children's Center has become part of the fabric of the college. Judy Lewallen, a '91 graduate of CC, is the secretary at the Writing Center.