Sep 30
WASHINGTON — It may be Romper Room inside the halls of Congress. But some kids attending actual day care in Washington are the ones about to be punished.
The Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, which provides day care and schooling for 100 children ranging from age 2 months through kindergarten, is in jeopardy of closing if the federal government shuts down. The center’s campus is essentially the federal museums on the National Mall. If they shut, so will the school.
“We have to because we are in a federal building,” explained Kimberlee Kiehl, the center’s executive director. “Our schools are in the museums. … There’s no way we could move over 100 kids somewhere else.”
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