Update: NEWS10 can confirm that after this story aired in the evening newscast, the Albany JCC was able to renew the pre-K program at the Albany School of Humanities.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Friday, parents sent their children to the Albany Jewish Community Center’s after-school pre-K program at the Albany School of Humanities for the final time. Yesterday afternoon, parents, like Motier Haskins, learned the program would be open for one more day.
“It was the worst thing to be hit with on a Thursday afternoon,” said Haskins. “We’ve been scrambling since.”
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Haskins said the message from the JCC on Thursday was the first notice he received. NEWS10 received the following statement from the JCC about the program’s closure:…