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the
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North Idaho College
Coeur d' Alene, Idaho Volume 42. Number 3
Thumby. Oct. Ill. 1987
Child care changes creates controversy on college campus by Shelly Raynor
Changes have been made in the coUege's day<are and preschool programs, and some faculty and administrotors have different opinions on the allcratioll5. In addition to an orgaruzational change, the preschool program no longer rccruiu all of its children. According to preschool coordinater Jcaruinne Mllchcll, her child-care program enrollment has been reduced from IS children to eight In order to accom, modate seven children from Carol Lindsay's day-care program. While MitcheU said she hod no commcm as 10 why the changes were made, Dean of Academic Affairs Dennis Conners i aid the changes were made for two reasons. "Carol Und<ay and those teachers are now under direction of Tony Stewart in social sciences," he said "Before they fell under s1udcm services. which posed a personnel problem." Since David Lindsay, Carol's husband. IS Denn of Student Service~. a spouse would ha~e been su pcn ~ing o spome, according to Conners. In 11ddi1ion, Conners said the preschool program now lodges 11bou1 half or at$ students Irom Ihe da} cart In order 10 nb~orb more students from facuh)', starr ond student~ rothtr than community members. Mitchell. though, )Oid her facihl> ah~B)) has prioriu,cd hou~mg ~hildrcn who1e flllreots arc :usoc,atcd w11b 1hc college. "l,11~1 year I got one-third (of m) ch1lren} from facuhy or ~1ude111s." >he >Aid. "(l'his year) I wru. given seven children from the da> co.re ro1 my preschool program and I haJ 10 ai,c 1wo ol them b.scl. because tht) l..ept falhng ,l\lecp," Mu,·hell said. "One more child w:u replaced. >O no" I have s1, Jrom the JO.) c11re," Muchl'II soiJ, ndJins that this I\ 1hc onl)· )1gnifa,an1 probkm thQt has occurred an that
.u-cn. \\ hen 1he chal\i).c were in the coru.1dm1uon stages last sprang, \omc c:on.:crn 3> to whcther the children, o.l'ler,pcm.hng 1wo-1h1rdso1 n da> 111 dll.) care, would be too ured nnd cranl.) for the lab ~tudenu 10 "orl.. \\Uh.
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~Citing. "A large percentage or mother< arc worl..mg tod.l) . Thty drop their children off at the bab~~lllcr·~ lU ~:JO continued on Page 16
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Ballots reveal new senators by Barb Canning Balloo ha~·c been wbed a.nd I.he frcshmco election resul,., for ran '87 arc complete. Pam ~hrtbesl.i. reprcsconog the open seai: ~cU Eklof, sitting In the vocational $Cat, and M1chtlk C~sette, the ac:adcmi.: sea1 by three votes., arc the new senators. Man:besl.i, Coeur d •.)Jcoc. u a politica.l major. Experienced in student organizations m lugh ~hool. she qs president of her dcb.ue team, ,ice-president or the local Junior Task Forc-c on Human Rcl1non. and ~ r u of her church you1h grou p. ··rm intcrcst.cd 111 ge:tun& mon- people LO\'olw:d.' \itarcbeslti said. "There waso't emougb people lha1 r&J> for olf~. and not eDOUgh people ,·oted \1ore people need 10 be iovolved. "Bc1111 a frobm.t.n ~•or 14iJ! gne mt some of tt...t (poliucal) action, and n'll give me cx-
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\lar.:hesb .aJd )he ca.a duciw both ~oca1JCIIl&J and academ, .. problmu since her l)()Sltion on 1bc senate totlili both aspcca or tile col!Qe. Hlof. ~h-> Wb :a b<."mc-room rcpl'omtatJvc at Priest River High School, i.~ ~ort iog toward 11
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''We !boolc-room l'CprCk'I\WJ"~} orpru.zcd most of '1thlll the student body decided on.'' El..lof Uld. adding lhat br awnlv wants co pamcpate Ill sen.ue affaus. "I c.a.o always bear v.h:u\ &OUli on, but I want to kno• tirn-hand." he: said. &lof• dulie$ ~ t.a...·k.hni the "oc:ationaJ problrtm of the ~hool. C'ossn.tc. Poo Falls, also 1s maJonna m polJtical s..,enc.c. "tr yoo hihc any idC3S or problel!li • 1th the academic part of school, come to me and I'll bdp in any Wll) I can." C ~ said. "I want to h<Jp and be active with 11udcnu." lf studmls have any pcoblems or ques11ons. they can contact 1bc freshmen senators in lbc Sub.,.-a).