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New Childcare Center
Goal: $3.5 Million
 The Exeter area offers few childcare alternatives,
and in recent years, the lack of openings in the
vicinity has caused candidates to decline Exeter's
offer of employment. Childcare is also of high concern
for many faculty and staff already working at the
Academy. The Academy is home to well over 100 faculty
children, 52 of whom are six years old or younger.
Add the children of staff members to this figure,
and the demand is extremely high for childcare at
PEA. The Academy has an excellent onsite Children's
Center, as well as an after school program, but neither
possesses enough openings to cover the existing need.
A new and larger children's center is therefore a priority
within The Exeter Initiatives. The existing center
serves 32 children and is run by a staff of 13; the
expanded center will serve 75 children with a total
of 20 staff. |
