Pesäpuu daycare will be closed

The education committee decided on 29 October to close the Pesäpuu daycare located in Pyhämäki, Turenki. Pesäpuu became a municipal daycare in 2023 after the private daycare Helmiä, which had built the property and operated there, ceased operations.

The reason is a declining number of children, the vacant premises at Jänispolku daycare suitable for one more child group, and a very tight municipal budget.

Pesäpuu is being prepared for closure on 28 February 2026.

All children currently in the daycare will retain a municipal early childhood education place at Jänispolku daycare, but guardians may, if they wish, also apply for a private early childhood education place.

The education committee’s minutes will be published here on 3 November (in Finnish).