UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. April 11. 1995
5A
Hilltop's future is in question
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
Next year's student senators, who will be elected this week, may have to make a decision about the future of child care on KU's campus.
The administration and the child care task force are coordinating efforts to expand child care at the University of Kansas. The largest child care program on campus is Hilltop Child Development Center, which provides care for about 169 children of students, faculty and staff but has a waiting list of about 230 children, said Martha Langley, co-director of Hilltop.
The administration is seeking to build a new center for child care on campus, and Student Senate will have to decide whether to finance both facilities or close Hilltop, said
John Shoemaker, Topeka senior and former student body president.
Student Senate has created two fees for child care, Shoemaker said. KU students pay a $13 fee, which helps finance Hilltop. Students also pay a $2 fee, which initially was to be used for expanding Hilltop, but now will help to finance the construction of a new child care facility.
But if a new building is built, then the best use of the $13 fee will come into question. Student senators will decide how the fee should be used.
"As for the $13 fee, Senate will have to make a decision as to whether or not Hilltop needs to continue, or if its duties can be handled by the new facility," Shoemaker said.
Langley has mixed feelings about a
new site for Hilltop.
"I think a new facility is wonderful, and I realize that the University can preserve only so many buildings for child care," she said. "There would always be a demand to warrant two buildings. I'm excited about our new building, but I'm attached to this building."
In 1972, Senate allocated $20,000 to start Hilltop. Senate also paid a portion of the facility's rent before the University purchased the building. Since then, Senate has given money for equipment, utilities and building maintenance, said Ann Eversole, chairwoman of the child care task force.
Senate has also allocated money that helps needy families to pay for Hilltop's services. This year, $16,000 was awarded as scholarships to families, Langley said.
Concerning the child care question
Kim Cocks
Kim Cocks is running for student body president with the United Students coalition. Her views on how Student Senate should deal with child care:
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I've been dedicated to child care since this last summer when I realized that a student child-care fee was not being utilized. I voiced my concerns to the administration about this lackadaisical attitude toward child-care expansion and got them moving. United Students is dedicated to making sure we provide inexpensive, efficient child care to students.
David Stevens
David Stevens is running for student body president with the REAL coalition. His views on how Student Senate should deal with child care:
Student Senate really has nothing to do with child care at this point. The task force has given its report to Ed Meyen at this point, and it's out of Senate's hands. That's not to say that students shouldn't vote on the issue.
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