When Christina Brizuela’s daughter started kindergarten, she wanted to go back to work. But the cost of daycare for her 1-year-old son made that prospect a poor financial choice for her family.

Then she found a school that was hiring — and offering employees low-cost, on-site daycare. Soon the Lake County mom was employed and happy.

“Being able to work and know that my child is here is absolutely amazing,” said Brizuela, a teacher’s assistant at The Key to Learning, a private school in Clermont.

The Children’s Movement of Florida, a nonprofit advocating for early childhood education, would like to see more businesses follow The Key to Learning’s lead and offer benefits to make it easier for parents to work. The organization sees the effort as a way to help Florida’s families and its bus

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