Commissioners Push Back on Daycare Closure

Jersey City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

Hudson County Commissioners are sounding the alarm over the shuttering of Bela Babies Daycare — a vital program at County Prep High — as part of sweeping budget cuts amid a $5 million deficit. With unanimous support, they’ve passed a resolution demanding the schools reverse course, citing a troubling pattern of secrecy: no representatives showed up to budget meetings, and key cuts — including summer camps, field trips, and now daycare — are being made without transparency. Students like sophomore Cassidy Gormley are bearing the brunt, lamenting denied farm trips and lost fundraising…