RETIRED AFFTON ART TEACHER CREATES SCULPTURE CELEBRATING CHILDHOOD When the new Affton Early Childhood Center opened its doors in August, a tour revealed an interior with up-to-date technology, wide open spaces and bright colors. […]
Affton School District’s new Early Childhood Education Center on Reavis Road is complete, up and running, but as District Business Manager John Brazeal told the school board, “We’re not done yet.” An outdoor play area is a critical component of any ECEC, and Brazeal noted that one is not yet in place. Following a unanimous […]
Artwork will be painted “Affton purple” “The Affton School District’s Early Childhood Education Center — which Board Vice President Doug Beck calls “the best thing this board has done for the district in years” — is taking shape, as the countdown to fall’s grand opening continues. Enrollment projections are firming up. The renovation of the […]
Board considers feedback from families “In November, when the Affton Board of Education settled on a tuition schedule that would allow it to recapture the start-up costs of the Early Childhood Education Center opening next fall, a few factors apparently were overlooked. The board and administrators plan to correct those oversights by adjusting fees that […]
“It may be iffy semantics to call a ceremony marking the start of renovations to an existing structure a “groundbreaking,” but if there’s a better way to describe eight, hard-hatted, spade-wielding preschoolers and speechifying school officials, let Noah Webster sort it out. On Dec. 6, school board members past and present, state officials, parents of […]