NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Haven USD 312 realizes that even with their new infant and toddler work in Haven and putting the 3 and 4 year olds in Yoder, they have not met all the demand that there is for child care in their area. They'd love to do more, but they have to figure out where.
"Just in terms of my philosophy in education, early childhood education is so vital," Idacavage said. "Megan truly believes that and our board believes that. Really, right now, it's trying to find space. We're limited in space in USD 312, in terms of classrooms and things like that."
Buhler USD 313 had to buy its space for the 56th and Plum location of what will be a child care center. Haven isn't to that point right now.
"What else can we do?" Idacavage said. "Can we move some walls? Can we add some walls, those kinds of things. We do have kids on our waiting lists and we're trying to be mindful of those infants that transition into our toddler room and making sure we have space for them, once they are in our program, those kinds of things. There's a need for space, it's just figuring it out."
Haven still needs to go through the process of deciding how many students are going to be allowed in each class K-12 for the purposes of the new state statute anyway, so determining those numbers will let them know if they end up having any space left that they can repurpose for additional child care.
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