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MARSHALL Â Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams told the school board Monday that it might be possible for a private business to take over operation of the Marshall Area Childcare Center.
“This is a conversation we’ve had ongoing with local child care centers,” Williams said at Monday’s school board meeting. “We have had one of the local centers come forward with a proposal to take over the day care and run the day care.”
Williams did not name the local child care center that made the proposal. “We need to have some conversations on this proposal that was recently made, and we haven’t had a lot of conversations yet,” Williams said. He said he would likely bring the proposal to the school board at its April 19 meeting, which is when the board needs to make a decision regarding MACC’s future.
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The fate of Marshall Area Child Care is a question the Marshall School Board will have to consider at an upcoming meeting. School district staff said the child care center has been operating at a loss for the past five years. At the same time, concerned parents say shutting down MACC will only add to a shortage of child care in the Marshall area.
MARSHALL Â When her family moved to Marshall a few years ago, Alicia Webb struggled to find day care for her toddler. But she eventually found an opening at the Marshall Area Childcare Center.