NORTH LIBERTY — Stuffed animals usually scattered around the Learning Begins Child Development Center are now packed in plastic bags and stored in the staff lounge.It’s one of several sanitary precautions Laurie Benner took as spread of the novel coronavirus took hold this month in Johnson County and other parts of Iowa.
Child Care Providers Feel Overlooked By State Efforts To Open Emergency Centers As Coronavirus Spreads
Molly Duffy, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Sat, 03/28/2020 - 10:27am
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