NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Dr. John Walker with Central Christian School in Hutchinson said that they are planning to expand their childcare offerings.
"We are looking to remodel some existing space and build an addition to double our capacity as a center," Walker said. "Right now, we can take one year old through school age. With our new center, we'll be able to take six weeks old through school age. Right now, we have slots for about 50 kids and with the remodel of the existing space and addition, we'll be able to take nearly 100 kids."
Quite a bit of the money for the expansion has come in already.
"We need to raise $2.1 million," Walker said. "To date, we have about $1.5 million given or committed. We've got a gap of about $600,000 that we are fundraising for at the current moment. Certainly, anybody that's interested in helping support this mission, support this goal to double our capacity and serve students from a Biblical worldview and teach them can certainly contact me directly. I would be happy to share more information with them."
The plan is to get started on construction soon.
"We plan to break ground late summer," Walker said. "We are moving forward with the project. The school purchased the old fire station that's on our property back in 2012, I believe. The current plan right now is to leverage that existing space that we have, that old fire station, that we've been using at the school for many years. We would be remodeling that fire station into an activity area, an office space, and then building six new classrooms to the east of that facility to facilitate the childcare needs."
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