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Somerset superintendent outlines plan for district-run child care center with $675,000 startup estimate
Summary
Superintendent Shannon presented a year-long feasibility plan for a district-operated child care center serving infants through age 3, estimating a roughly $600,000 construction cost and total first-year Fund 80 impact near $675,000; administration noted parent interest and licensing capacity limits.
Superintendent Shannon told the board the district has studied a proposal to open a district-operated child care center on campus, serving infants (as young as six weeks) through age 3 and integrating existing before/after-school and JK wraparound services. She framed the proposal as a potential recruitment and retention tool for staff and families and as part of efforts to increase district revenue and stabilize enrollment.
Shannon said the plan is preliminary and informational. ‘‘We had 81 families that said yes I would be interested and 43 families that said maybe,’’ she told the board, citing results from a parent engagement survey that…
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