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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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 …

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 ›

Monday, December 17, 2012

St. Michael-Albertville School Board, Daycare Provider to Discuss Just4Kids

In a reprise from an argument Nancy Pelletier brought to the board of education three years ago, the longtime provider and business owner is challenging the school district's child care programs.

Nancy Pelletier, owner of ABC Childcare, will once again challenge the St. Michael-Albertville School District's preschool and pre-kindergartn program, Just4Kids, when she approaches the St. Michael-Albertville School Board at tonight's final meeting of 2012.  The meeting, set for 7 p.m. at St. Michael-Albertville Middle School West (use Door A), will be held in the board's meeting room.  Pelletier told the Crow River News last week that she's concerned the Just4Kids program is driving away private business in the community, contributing to her drop in enrollment for 4 and 5-year-old children and probably shutting down Especially for Kids in the Albertville business sector.  In that vein, she's reprisng her argument that school districts …

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Sara

2:30 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012

According to both programs websites: ABC Childcare costs $170 a week, includes lunch and 10 hours a day of care. Just4kids costs $175 which does not include lunch costs. So I am confused as to how the cost is hurting centers?   more ›

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