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The Review August 5, 2014
Child care center eyes Lincoln Open Sesame might buy closed elementary school BY JERMAINE PIGEE
DIXON – Officials at Open Sesame Children’s Learning Center in Dixon said the day care might move into the vacant Lincoln Elementary School. “We are considering that,� said Doug Lee, president of the Open Sesame board of directors. Before Lincoln closed at the end of the last school year, Open Sesame held afterschool programs there and at Washington and Jefferson elementary schools. “With the closure of Lincoln, Open Sesame has lost that space in the two remaining buildings,� Lee said. “On a temporary basis, the school district has allowed us to move not only the summer program, but
also the after-school program into Lincoln. We are exploring whether that can be a permanent arrangement.� Although Open Sesame is considering buying the building, there are some concerns. Lee said Lincoln School is a much bigger space than what Open Sesame needs. The board of directors also has to determine if a new location will fit into its budget and if a move is something parents and staff will support. “There is a lot of things that we need to consider,� Lee said. “It would be a huge move for us.� Because they are early in the process, Lee said it’s too early to determine how much the building would cost. Open Sesame rents space from the Dixon School District for its after-school programs and summer school. “They could not do the after-school or
summer program in the existoption would be to eliminate or ing building, because there is not reduce the after- school program. enough space,� said Arlan McClain, We could also move the aftervice president of the Open Sesame school program into the current board of directors. center and adjust what’s in the curThere are roughly 200 students in rent center.� the program Lee said the move is far from The child care center is a nonprofbeing finalized. it organization, run by its board of “Our interest is serious,� he said. Doug Lee directors. “Before we would present some“It’s the biggest day care in the President of thing like this to our parents and Open Sesame staff, we’d want a solid plan in place area,� McClain said. board of Some of the benefits of moving to and we are not even there yet.� directors the school, Lee said, are the addiDixon school officials had little to tional facility and gym space, a largsay about Open Sesame’s interest er play area, and the ability to consolidate in the building. all of programming into one location. “In order to sell a building, we have to In addition to moving to Lincoln, Lee also sell it by auction or sealed bid,� said David said there other options available. Blackburn, business manager of the school “One option would be to see if the school district. “We can’t reach out and strike a district has other after-school space in deal with someone. I’m not at liberty to say some other building,� he said. “Another who is interested.�
New bus stops, routes in wake of Lincoln closure Illinois Central School Bus. “We looked at alternate locations, and we DIXON – Because of the closure of Lin- cut down on the distance students had to coln Elementary School, four bus stops will walk,� said David Blackburn, the district’s be added in the Dixon School District. business manager. “There will be a lot of They are: students walking shorter distances than s 3IXTH 3TREET WEST OF ,INCOLN !VENUE they did before.� south of Lincoln School The students who will use the stops are s 3IXTH 3TREET AND .ACHUSA !VENUE the ones who would have walked to Lins #USTER !VENUE BETWEEN &IRST AND 4HIRD coln. STREETS AT 2EYNOLDS &IELD “These students will now go to whatever s &IRST 3TREET AND 6AN "UREN !VENUE grade-level school they attend,� Blackburn The school district came up with the new said. bus stops and routes in conjunction with BY JERMAINE PIGEE
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6ANESSA "UCKINGHAM WHO HAS TWO STUdents in the school district, is concerned. “Who will be supervising the kids?� Buckingham said. “There will not be supervision at the bus stops.� That’s true, Blackburn said. “We don’t plan on sending any district workers to the locations,� he said. “There were no staff at the stops previously.� Some kinks might need to be worked out early on, Blackburn said, but the added stops will help students. “I think this will work out and, hope-
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