Daycare Closing

Kate Henley says she was upset when she learned the daycare would be closing. "That's my job for one and it's where my kids have gone to daycare for a little over a year.
Kayla Groseclose shares Henley's frustrations. "The teachers are great and he has learned a lot since he's been in there and I don't know that I can find another daycare that will give him what he got there."
Jeff and Terry Stump own the daycare. They say they've been losing money for the last year and that expenses exceed income.
Some people are upset about the short notice, but the owners say it's enough time for parents to find another daycare and for employees to find another job. They say it's better than closing the daycare without any notice at all.
They say in order to stay open, they would have to increase the daycare fees, which would be too much for parents.

Daycare with a vision

Dozens of children dashed around the New England Sports Academy yesterday morning, climbing over obstacle courses, swinging on trapezes and tossing baseballs, and if owner Henry Shterenberg has his way, the facility will soon add a daycare contingent to its offerings.
Shterenberg envisions the program, called Super Kid Academy Childcare, as balancing fitness with academics at the 345 University Ave. site. If approved by the town and state, the daycare would complement the New England Sports Academy’s existing multitude of activities for children and adults, which includes baseball, basketball, boxing, martial arts and weights.
"We want to put athletics education on the same level as academic education," Shterenberg said.
The fitness education component has the objective of combatting childhood obesity.