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Child Care Director Resigns
Camille Harris, founder and executive director of The Child Care and Learning Center of Washington, Va., has resigned from the post effective December 1. The Center's 12-member board of directors accepted the resignation October 14.
Harris founded The Child Care and Learning Center, first known as Sursum Corda, in 1976. At the time, the Center had 10 children enrolled, an $8,000 budget and held classes in a basement. Today the Center boasts a $130,000 budget, 46 preschool student population, 46 more children and adults enrolled in enrichment classes and plans to build in 1966 a new 4,300 square-foot facility.
“Rappahannock County is indebted to (Ms. Harris) for this institution which has served hundreds of families and children,” a press release issued October 16 by the Center’s Board of Directors reads.
The Center withstood tough times this year, including problems meeting rear setback requirements of the Rappahannock County zoning ordinance. The Center also had to raise more than $200,000 in gilts and grants to make the proposed new building possible.
Both hurdles have been jumped, and Harris said she is confident the organization can become the true “community” school she envisioned. “It’s been almost nine years. I need to at least take a break from it,” Harris said.
Considered a fund-raising expert, Harris may continue to work in some capacity at the Center. The board currently is considering a position that would allow Harris to work part-time on program development and fund-raising.
“I feel real good about what has happened with the organization,” Harris said. “My goal was not to leave until I thought the organization could make it by itself.”
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