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Liz Schlemmer

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As federal relief ends, child care providers expect to charge families more

Jun 12, 2024
Congress committed $39 billion in federal funds to support the child care industry during the pandemic, but those funds are now drying up. Now, many child care providers plan to raise tuition.
Students in the 2- to 3-year-old classroom at the Community School for People Under Six in Carrboro, North Carolina. The preschool is raising its tuition rates for families this year in anticipation of losing federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC

Night School Bar offers college-level courses with a chaser

Nov 27, 2023
At Night School Bar, there are no grades and no credit. Classes are pay-as-you-can. The listed cost is $320 per class, but students can pay as little as $10.
Night School Bar owner Lindsey Andrews (center) teaches a class on art and labor in the front classroom, while customers order drinks at the speakeasy at the back of the building.
Peyton Sickles