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Hours of Operation and Calendar

The Periwinkle Child Development Center offers full day/full year care from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. There are several different enrollment options for different age groups, including full year care, academic year care, kindergarten, and summer care.

Please note: The entire LBCC campus will be closed for Inservice on September 11, 2007 and on April 17, 2008. The Periwinkle Child Development Center will also be closed on those two days.

Toddlers:
The Toddler program operates on a full year schedule. Full day care is provided every day, with the exception of the following holidays and LBCC in-service days (dates listed are for 2006/2007): LBCC fall in-service (Sept. 11), Veterans Day (Nov. 12), Thanksgiving and the day after (Nov. 22-23), Christmas/New Year's break (Dec. 24 through Jan. 1), Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 21), Presidents Day (Feb. 18), LBCC spring in-service (April 17), Memorial Day (May 26), the 4th of July, and Labor Day (Sep. 1).

Preschool:
Parents of preschoolers can choose to enroll their children for full year care, following the calendar described above or, if they are LBCC students, they can enroll their children for the LBCC academic year. If children are enrolled for the academic year, then full day care is provided for every day that LBCC has regularly scheduled classes for fall, winter, and spring terms. During those days when academic year children do not attend the PCDC, the preschool classes may be combined due to lower enrollment. At all times appropriate group sizes and adult/child ratios are maintained.

Kindergarten:
The PCDC Kindergarten program follows the Albany public school calendars, beginning the school year on September 4 and ending on June 13th. The PCDC kindergarten will be closed for major holidays, as well as the public school winter and spring breaks. Care will continue to be provided (at no extra charge) at the PCDC during public school grading and in-service days.