- December 5, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
Chris Bjurstrom is tentatively celebrating some wins as owner of ABCD Daycare.
“For the first time since COVID-19 started, we’re at full staff and full capacity,” Bjurstrom said. “But I’m afraid that in the next breath someone may quit and go somewhere else.”
It’s been a series of challenges for her and other local child care centers.
Bjurstrom decided to sell her Coeur d’Alene branch of ABCD to better manage the Hayden location and the challenges of 2020.
And she’s not alone, with 13 other child care centers in Coeur d’Alene closing since 2019, said Kelley Setters, deputy clerk for the city of Coeur d’Alene. In that time, only four day care centers have opened. With the closure of ABCD Daycare Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County lost capacity for 100 children.
Now, staffing the Hayden ABCD center has been a huge challenge for Bjurstrom, as…
