Early Childhood Family Center
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Construction slideshow - from ground breaking through January 2012.
Construction of the Early Childhood Family Center is well underway. This project marks the first time the district will construct a "green" building. A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, and operated in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.
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| After more than six years of planning and searching for a location, the school district is constructing a new Early Childhood Family Center (ECFC) facility. The building is expected to open in fall 2012.
The new building is being constructed on the north side of the Stillwater Junior High campus. The center will provide space for a variety of classes to support families and help young children (birth to age 5) develop a solid foundation for learning. Classes at the ECFC will be offered for parents and their newborn babies, infants, and toddlers. Some preschool classes will also be held in the new center. A large portion of the center will focus on providing services to young children with special needs. Children with a wide-range of disabilities will attend preschool classes at the ECFC, and will also have access to a variety of physical, speech and language therapies.
The new facility will also be home to two partners, Courage Center St. Croix and Northeast Metro Intermediate District 916, who will pay to lease space from the district and provide integrated programming. Courage Center will house all of its pediatric therapy out of the new center, and 916 will serve deaf and hard of hearing students from across the eastern metro area. |
(Conceptual design)
(Conceptual design)
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In 2009 the district received a $1 million donation from Lee and Dorothy Whitson, which will be used toward construction.
The District will borrow approximately $10 million for the project, and will use the lease levy dollars to pay back the debt over the next 18 years.
This lease levy amount now represents a cost of $24 per year ($2 per month) for a taxpayer with a $270,000 home.
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Learn more about this project by exploring the following links:
ECFC Conceptual Drawings
Follow-Up to Traffic Impact Study
ECFC Traffic Impact Study at SJHS
ECFC Project Update Jan. 6, 2011
Recommendation to locate facility on SJHS campus
Construction Slideshow
