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AHST considers taking over daycare, preschool
By Laura Bacon, NT Staff Writer
AVOCA - The Avoca, Hancock, Shelby and Tennant (AHST) Community School Board looked at possibly taking over the current preschool and daycare program from the Avoca Daycare and Preschool Board of Directors during its meeting last week.
Last year the district began working with the community-based daycare and preschool group, to provide before and after school services at the elementary school building.
Superintendent Mike Alexander said the board was looking at options, and said taking over the program “was sort of a natural succession.”
While the daycare board has voted to dissolve and turn the program over to the AHST district, Alexander said the district board, while interested, was still working on details.
Alexander said district officials were looking at financing, space and personnel issues related to the child care services.
He said Elementary Principal Staci Edwards was pulling together figures on additional cost and related issues, and said the board planned to discuss taking over the program at its next meeting on Sept. 17.
“They would really like to see it continue,” he said.
He said that board members felt the services got enough use that “they needed to be continued,” and said after taking over the program, the board “could market it and make it bigger.”
He said he thought the program offered area parents an opportunity for a means of childcare and education, rolled into one, and said the program had fit in well with the school calendar so far.
And the location at the elementary school could mean parents had less driving around to do in order to drop off kids for school and childcare. The combined location would mean parents with kids in elementary and preschool for example, could drop kids for both programs in the same place.
Currently services are offered from 6:30 to 8 a.m. and from 3:30-6 p.m. The local center was Department of Human Services certified and charges were $2.50 per hour for the first child, and $2.25 per hour for additional children.
Last year the service averaged six students in the before school part of the program, and 22 students in the after school part. This year figures remain about the same for the morning session - six students - while afternoon numbers have gone down slightly to 12-14 students.
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Last year the district began working with the community-based daycare and preschool group, to provide before and after school services at the elementary school building.
Superintendent Mike Alexander said the board was looking at options, and said taking over the program “was sort of a natural succession.”
While the daycare board has voted to dissolve and turn the program over to the AHST district, Alexander said the district board, while interested, was still working on details.
Alexander said district officials were looking at financing, space and personnel issues related to the child care services.
He said Elementary Principal Staci Edwards was pulling together figures on additional cost and related issues, and said the board planned to discuss taking over the program at its next meeting on Sept. 17.
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He said that board members felt the services got enough use that “they needed to be continued,” and said after taking over the program, the board “could market it and make it bigger.”
He said he thought the program offered area parents an opportunity for a means of childcare and education, rolled into one, and said the program had fit in well with the school calendar so far.
And the location at the elementary school could mean parents had less driving around to do in order to drop off kids for school and childcare. The combined location would mean parents with kids in elementary and preschool for example, could drop kids for both programs in the same place.
Currently services are offered from 6:30 to 8 a.m. and from 3:30-6 p.m. The local center was Department of Human Services certified and charges were $2.50 per hour for the first child, and $2.25 per hour for additional children.
Last year the service averaged six students in the before school part of the program, and 22 students in the after school part. This year figures remain about the same for the morning session - six students - while afternoon numbers have gone down slightly to 12-14 students.
COMMENTS ON THESE STORIES ARE WELCOME, BUT FULL NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE POSTING FOR VERIFICATION, BEFORE THEY WILL BE RUN. PHONE NUMBERS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED. THANK YOU.
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