Head Start building project underway

Head Start building project underway 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. 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. The project has been financed with a $4 million state grant and a $4 million city bond. "It's a wonderful building, designed especially for the Head Start program,'' Maloney said. "The staff are delighted. 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. "We're right on target for its completion," Boughton said. The city make use of 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 a lot of cases. Head Start building project underway Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 09/06/2012