After 50 years, Columbia University is kicking out the Red Balloon Early Childhood Learning Center by next August.
“My daughter is super happy there every day and everyone is super nice and warm,” said Rui Xiao, whose two-year-old daughter Sophia goes to Red Balloon. “We learned about this situation and we were very shocked about it.”
But a Columbia spokesperson, who declined to be named, said that Red Balloon’s leaders knew their lease was up this August, and that university officials have given them ample time to figure things out by extending the lease to August 2023. Founded in 1972, in a space at 560 Riverside Drive just south of 125th Street that Columbia gave to a group of parents who eventually founded the non-profit operation, Red Balloon is located, is open year-round from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and offers financial aid to parents and accepts ACS vouchers for those who can’t afford the $2,500 monthly tuition. It has a diverse school staff and student body .
Emily Bloom, a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence whose four-year-old graduated from Red Balloon in 2021, said that in the neighborhood, “there’s a lot of growth and development, Columbia-branded buildings. There’s a real strong need to counterbalance that growth and development with community-facing services. And daycare is probably one of the most valuable community-facing services that an institution of higher education can provide.
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