Head Start building project under way

Head Start building project under way An oversized bucket loader put dirt into dump trucks lined up on Bank Street Monday, as city officials oversaw site work at the new headquarters for Head Start of Northern Fairfield County. It's scheduled to be ready for the summer of 2013. "The staff are delighted. There are a lot of advantages to have the program's staff in the same building with the classrooms," Maloney said, since now the offices are across town from the classrooms. The project has been financed with a $4 million state grant and a $4 million city bond. This building will have four early Head Start classrooms for 32 children, age 6 weeks to 3 years; 11 Head Start classrooms for about 220 3- and 4-year-olds; and classroom for parent training and other facilities. The new building will include a health suite for a nurse's office and dental chair, offices for the education manager, disability manager, and health manager, a conference room, small meeting rooms, on site laundry facility and kitchen. "It's a wonderful building, designed especially for the Head Start program,'' Maloney said. "We're right on target for its completion," Boughton said. The city will use its construction management department to run the project, which Boughton said saves money because the city doesn't need to hire third-party consultants in many cases. Head Start building project under way Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 10/06/2012