Aroostook County day care has lost 23 teachers since the start of the pandemic

by Alexander MacDougall
3 years ago
Jordyn Rossignol reads the children's book "Love the World" to kids at Miss Jordyn's Child Care and Preschool in Caribou. Credit: Hannah Catlin / St. John Valley Times
Jordyn Rossignol, who owns Miss Jordyn’s Child Care and Preschool in Caribou, has gone through 23 different teachers since the beginning of the pandemic. Although the staff are almost back to previous levels, they are working fewer hours by their own choice. That, coupled with lack of public funding subsidy, is endangering the availability of child care in Aroostook and other counties, Rossignol said.Read more.