Campus day care center offers advantages
Elin Marcel
Capital Times Staff
Penn State Harrisburg students can
now hear the pitter-patter of tiny feet on
campus, as Stepping Stone, Inc. opened
a day care facility here in August.
The center, located in the former
Continuing Education building near
Wrisberg Residence Hall, is presently
available for students, faculty and staff,
but will be open to the public in
October if enrollment doesn’t increase to
67, according to an agreement between
Penn State Harrisburg and Stepping
Stone, Inc., said Leanne Gast, director of
the center.
Twenty-six children are currently
enrolled, and there is a waiting list for
children whose parents are not affiliated
with Penn State Harrisburg, Gast said,
adding "the next few weeks will
determine how many Penn State people
we get."
Parents say the prices are an
important reason for sending their
children to the center.
"The price is very good," said
Kathryn Sherman* a junior
communications major living in Meade
Heights. Sherman’s son, Andrew attends
the center.
There are several factors determining
prices for enrollment, Gast said. For
example, a Penn State parent will pay
$6O per week, for a preschooler,' $7O per
week for a toddler, and $B7 per week for
an infant, Gast said. Parents not
affiliated with Penn State will pay $lO
more per week, Gast added.
Parents using the center say there are
other reasons they chose the facility for
their children.
"It’s really close, too," Sherman said,
adding "The people are really nice and
the place is new and clean.”
Valerie Duhig, administrative
assistant to the provost, also said the
reasonable price is not the only reason
she chose the center for her daughter,
Maury.
"The physical layout is great," Duhig
said. "Children of different ages can play
together. It's like one big, happy
family,” she added.
Presently, a staff of two teachers is
employed at the center, with plans to
hire more teachers and assistants as the
need develops, Gast said.
"We would like to hire students,"
Gast said. "It would be convenient
because of their class schedules." Gast
speaks from experience, as she is a 1991
graduate of Penn State Harrisburg. Gast
said she heard about the center and was
interested in becoming involved.
"I wanted to work with children
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opportunity," Gast said.
Gast's, as well as the teachers' zeal
about the center doesn't go unnoticed by
the parents.
"The staff is great-the administrators
as well as the young adults who watch
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energetic and enthusiastic," she added.
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"The evening shift is a little more
relaxed, because it's at night," Gast said.
The center is open Monday through
Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
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