Menlo Park to privatize child care?
Source: by Rory Brown, Palo Alto Online (CA), Thursday, April 20, 2006, 12:06 PM
Despite pleas from union representatives and teachers, the Menlo Park City Council decided at its April 19 meeting to take a closer look at privatizing the city’s child care services. ..... But Councilwoman Kelly Fergusson -- to the cheers of about 30 union supporters and representatives in the audience -- said the city needs more information about how the city’s child care programs run before considering privatization. She said city staff’s estimated cost to the city of running the programs -- about $444,000 a year -- isn’t accurate, and the council should wait for the results of a cost allocation study before making drastic decisions about who should operate the programs.