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New NIST Child Care Center

  • CCC Elevation 1The FY2009 appropriations included $7.2M for a new NIST Child Care Center

  • Will expand our capacity to 154 (currently 99), allow us to accept children at 6 weeks of age (currently 18 mos.), will have 3 infant/toddler, 2 twos, 4 preschool, 1 kindergarten and 1 school-age classroom

  • Larger classrooms, addition of a multi-purpose room, canopied access to playground areas, greater storage, enhanced administrative/staff areas, infant nursing room, etc.

  • New building will be 23,300 sq ft (current buildings are 6,057 sq ft)

  • Preliminary schedule:

    • Construction: June 2010 - May 2011
    • Move-in/Licensure: June 2011