St. Michael-Albertville School Board Unanimously Agrees to Continue Just4Kids Program
Nancy Pelletier, owner of ABC Childcare, asked the board to consider closing the program as it competes with her business.
The St. Michael-Albertville School Board on Monday night showed unanimous support for the district's Just4Kids program, when local childcare business owners asked them to shut it down because it competes with their business. Asking the board to consider the change was Nancy Pelletier, owner of ABC Chilcare, her husband Randy Pelletier, and president of Wright County Family Childcare Association Hollee Saville, who also owns Happee Hollee's Childcare. All told the school board that it's not the place of government to compete with the private sector, and that ABC Childcare has seen a decrease in enrollment since the district started its Just4Kids program five years ago. The Just4Kids program is a preschool and pre-kindergarten program for …
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Happy in St. Michael
6:13 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Access to a preschool program is NOT a Constitutional guarantee. Access to a preschool program does NOT mean your child will develop better [insert socially, cognitively, emotionally, etc. here]. Again, MY business is in no way affected by this program as I have 30 families on my waiting list; however, it's unfair for government to compete with private businesses. The argument that "everyone else… more ›