MORE than $200,000 in upgrades has been completed at a Tanilba Bay preschool, providing children and staff with better learning and working conditions.
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At an open day yesterday, KU Peninsula Preschool staff and members of the community joined in highlighting the contribution of a state government grant worth $170,000 in giving the pre-school, what its director called, a good "freshen up." The new alterations, including a fully covered verandah, internal staff room and more storage space is a massive win for parents and their children, delivering cuts to the pre-school waiting list by more than two-thirds. Originally three years, the pre-school's director Mark Taylor said it could now be as little as six months for preschool aged children to gain acceptance. On top of a $170,000 grant from the state government, which KU children's services applied for, the school also contributed about $30,000 of its own money to extending the preschool building. The work now brings the total number of enrolments up from 20 to 27 and also increases staff numbers.
"It [the grant] meant we could re-design the building right throughout," Mr Taylor said.
"The building was quite tired and in need of a freshen up."
