Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.org .

Mount Snow will postpone a plan to reduce its child care offerings to the local community, a spokesperson for the resort’s operator said in a statement Monday. The planned cuts, which were originally slated to take effect in November, will instead move ahead next summer.

The West Dover ski area announced earlier this month that its child care center would transition to an “employee-first” model after years of operating at a financial loss. The cuts would have affected 16 families and an undetermined number of staff, according to a spokesperson for Vail Resorts, the company that has owned and operated Mount Snow since 2019 .

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