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Desperate for day care: How empty TK-12 classrooms can help fix California's child-care crisis

latimes.com · 7dShare

Child-care nonprofits are taking advantage of declining enrollment at TK-12 schools to turn vacant classrooms and even closed campuses into child-care hubs, expanding scarce infant and toddler slots.

First report: Mamdani May Need to Find $5 Billion More a Year for Free Child Care — nytimes.com, 8d