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ST. CLOUD U.S. Sen. Tina Smith met with child care leaders and providers Friday to talk about the toll of the pandemic on child care in Central Minnesota.
After touring the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Friday morning, she arrived at Blooming Kids Care Center off West St. Germain Street to tour the facility and talk with owner Abdi Daisane.
Daisane s center is one of four Somali-owned child care centers in the St. Cloud area. In the pandemic, Daisane said he s seen a drastic drop in attendance.
Since opening in 2017 he said his center was usually fully booked, and sometimes the staff had to turn kids away. Now there s only around 30 kids and 8 employees in the space, a dramatic decrease from around 150 kids and 38 employees who would typically use the space before, he said.
A list of child care centers and schools that El Paso County Public Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have identified with having outbreaks of coronavirus.
Chinook Trail Middle School Colorado College Campus Wide Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Colorado Springs Charter Academy Resolved investigation status Columbia Elementary School Coronado High School
CPCD Modular Falcon 1 Resolved investigation status Discovery Canyon Campus (Elementary, Middle and High School) Eagleview Middle School Early Connections Learning Centers at Antlers Child Care Center
Early Connections Learning Centers at the Day Nursery Child Care Center Resolved investigation status
Eastlake High School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Elementary School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Middle School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Senior High School Resolved investigation status
Evangelical Christian Academy Resolved investigation status
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