Kelly Pompo with her daughter, Evelyn, who is 3, and her son, Bennett, who is 9 months. The teacher is heading back to work in September, but cannot find child care for them. She's on at least six waiting lists. Most places can’t give her anything until April. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — Kelly Pompo is going back to work in September.
The high school reading teacher took the pandemic year off to stay home with her new baby and 3-year-old. She started her child-care search a few weeks ago. What she found was a wait of at least nine months. And that’s just at the places that had waiting lists.
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