Child care in Idaho: High cost, low wages?
Katy Lightfield expected she and her husband would take a pay cut when they moved early last year to Meridian from Austin, Texas. And they did — a $30,000 cut. But it was worth it to be back in their home state, closer to family. What she didn’t expect was that child care in Idaho would cost as much as it did in Austin. The Lightfields will spend $16,000 this year on tuition for an infant and a 3-year-old at the Boise State University Children’s Center. That is with a discount for employees. Katy Lightfield works at Boise State as a financial technician./Audrey Dutton, Idaho Statesman. More here.
