Heather Murray, owner of Arthouse Preschool, makes her frustration with the childcare funding system known with a sign outside the main entrance of the childcare facility. It reads, “Our childcare crisis is holding back the workforce.”
Teacher Angie Sanchez gets an infant ready for a nap at Arthouse Preschool in Waunakee.
Top stories for June 26, 2026, in the Wisconsin State Journal
Children play in the art room at Arthouse Preschool in Waunakee on Friday. Owner Heather Murray said childcare facilities in the state are at a breaking point, caught between needing to raise tuition so they can pay staff a living wage and not driving away parents who can’t afford to pay more.
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Heather Murray, owner of Arthouse Preschool, makes her frustration with the childcare funding system known with a sign outside the main entrance of the childcare facility. It reads, “Our childcare crisis is holding back the workforce.”
Children play in the art room at Arthouse Preschool in Waunakee on Friday. Owner Heather Murray said childcare facilities in the state are at a breaking point, caught between needing to raise tuition so they can pay staff a living wage and not driving away parents who can’t afford to pay more.
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