Dear Colleagues,

As some of you may have heard from your school or department, there is a recent article in Purdue Today about the closure of the Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center, effective June 1^st. This is one of the three on-campus childcare centers. In 2019 Purdue had announced plans for a replacement facility with higher capacity, but these plans were not explicitly mentioned in this article. Instead, it is mentioned that “the Purdue Research Foundation will embark on a market study on child care needs in the community now and in the future,” causing concerns about the future of this facility. Purdue exponent also published a relevant article yesterday. 

Childcare is a critical issue for many at Birck and so we wanted to bring this to your attention. In addition, we wanted to let you know that a number of us have signed a letter underlining the importance of quality childcare on campus to our University leadership. You may also want to consider signing the letter here: http://bit.ly/SavePJC2021.

Best regards,

Ali, Zhihong and Sunil