A good fit for families
There were no children at a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the reopening of two child care centers on Harvard’s campus in late April, but there was plenty of evidence of them: kids’ colorful artwork lines the walls and sand toys dot the playgrounds at Harvard Yard Child Care Center (HYCCC) and Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative (OSDC), which happen to be neighbors on Francis Avenue. Instead of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, dozens of adults filled the centers’ new classrooms. Members of the Harvard community were there to tour the renovated child care centers and to hear Marilyn Hausammann, vice president for human resources, and Katie Lapp, executive vice president, join the project team in formally inaugurating them. Glossy new tables enliven the recently renovated Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative. “These centers are illustrative of the University’s understanding that a whole person walks through the gates each day,” said Hausammann. “Our support of high-quality child care...