With plans to send her two children to camp at their Catholic school in New Orleans, Laurie Martin thought she might escape the dreaded scramble to secure summer child care. That changed when she got the email.
Days before Christmas, the Christian Brothers School informed families that, due to a new state law, the school would not accept children under 5 into their Little Falcons Summer Camp. Now Martin has no idea what to do with her 4-year-old daughter, Colette, when she’s out of school this summer but Martin and her husband are still working full time.
“We can’t take off work for three months because the 4-year-old can’t go to camp,” she said. “There is no other option.”…