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Hilltop Child Development Center is officially closing Friday after years of turmoil. Families said they now face the daunting task of finding new childcare and are left grieving the longtime childcare center.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Lawrence childcare providers agreed Tuesday that the closure of Hilltop was a shock to childcare in town, and it revealed deeper business model issues that exist across the country.
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Family Promise of Lawrence’s founder is convening local organizations, churches and families to brainstorm solutions for a growing childcare shortage in town expected after the closure of Hilltop.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Parents of Hilltop Child Development Center students hosted a career fair on Tuesday, bringing together childcare providers so Hilltop staff members could search for new jobs as the center will soon close.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
KU’s chancellor says the closure of Hilltop is final, but the university is putting together a work group of faculty and staff to evaluate “practical long-term childcare solutions.”
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
More than 450 KU faculty, staff and graduate students and several elected officials have signed letters urging the university to rethink closing Hilltop Child Development Center.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Many parents have been left scrambling because of the abrupt closure of Hilltop, the longtime childcare center on KU’s campus.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas is set to close at the end of October.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Parents, student-parents and supporters rallied Wednesday, urging KU administrators to preserve Hilltop Child Development Center and respond to concerns about high staff turnover, classroom disruptions and a possible closure.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Hilltop Child Development Center announced to families Wednesday that it is closing most of the classrooms at its west campus location temporarily, with no set timeline to reopen them.
