{"138701":{"#nid":"138701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Day Care Facility to Open this Fall","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere is good news for faculty, staff and students in need of child care. Beginning this fall, there will be a new on-campus option that more than doubles our current capacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Children\u2019s Campus @ Georgia Tech will offer early care and educational programming to children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. The new facility will complement the child care services offered by the other on-campus day care, R. Kirk Landon Learning Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Even though we remain in an economically challenging environment, we\u0027re continuously working to find ways to make Georgia Tech a great place to work,\u0022 said President G. P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson. \u201cOffering additional on-campus child care and learning options for Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students is another step towards that goal.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Children\u2019s Campus will be located at 251 Tenth St., Building F, in the Tenth and Home family housing complex. The facility will be managed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, which also manages the Landon Learning Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the planning and design phase of our graduate and family housing complex, we set aside space to serve our community\u2019s child care needs,\u201d said Steve Swant, executive vice president for Administration and Finance. \u201cThrough careful budget planning and prioritization, we\u2019re pleased to be able to offer this additional facility as an option for Tech\u2019s faculty, staff and students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose who are currently on the wait list for the existing campus day care will be given first priority for enrollment at The Children\u2019s Campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERemaining openings will be filled on a first-come, first-enrolled basis. To apply for an opening, submit an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/MQoq8h\u0022\u003EEnrollment Interest Form\u003C\/a\u003E, which includes your GTID number, and return it to the\u0026nbsp;Landon Learning Center at 1015 Tumlin St.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the curriculum, tuition and enrollment process, visit the the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.brighthorizons.com\/techhomepark\u0022\u003ELandon Learning Center\u0026nbsp;website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere is good news for faculty, staff and students in need of child care. Beginning this fall, there will be a new on-campus option that more than doubles our current capacity.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"There is good news for faculty, staff and students in need of child care. Beginning this fall, there will be a new on-campus option that more than doubles our current capacity."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-07-03 13:16:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:29","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.brighthorizons.com\/techhomepark","title":"R. Kirk Landon Learning Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"37711","name":"child care"},{"id":"37701","name":"day care"},{"id":"37731","name":"R. Kirk Landon Learning Center"},{"id":"37721","name":"The Children\u2019s Campus at Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:melissa.moore@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMelissa Moore\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAuxiliary Services\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}