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Winchester Sun, June 19, 2008
Church volunteers help get
preschool facility on Wainscott Avenue ready
By Katheran Wasson
With the help of hundreds of volunteers from three churches in North
Carolina and South Carolina, work continues on a new 220-student
preschool facility, opening for Clark County Public Schools students in
August.
This week, volunteers pitched in to renovate space in the Family
Development Center building located at 19 Wainscott Ave. The building,
which also houses other programs, is owned by local nonprofit
organization People Helping People.
“It’s been a wonderful help,” said Donald Stump, director of special
education for Clark County. “They’re helping hang the walls, the sheet
rock — I haven’t seen walls and sheet rock go up faster in my life.”
The 11,000 -square-foot center will house 11 preschool classes from
Hannah McClure Elementary, Shearer Elementary, Strode Station
Elementary, Central Elementary and Fannie Bush Elementary schools.
Each of the 11 classrooms will have an observation window for parents
and teachers. There will also be two outdoor play areas and one indoor
play area.
Classrooms will have three computers each, with wireless connections and
smart technology whiteboards.
“One of the big initiatives in public school systems is using technology
to structure classrooms to meet the needs of all children, including
children of disabilities,” Stump said. “If you use technology in the
right way, many times you can equal or level the playing field for
children with disabilities.”
The technology will prepare young students for the technology used at
local elementary schools, Stump said.
“Kids will be introduced far more to technology at the preschool level
than in our history (in Clark County),” he said.
The district will continue to hold preschool classes for approximately
20 students at Trapp Elementary and 60 more at the Generations Center.
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