SPECIAL DAY FOR KIDS BURBANK'S $1.1 MILLION CHILD CARE CENTER HAS SPACE FOR 92.Byline: Alex (language) Alex - 1. A polymorphic language being developed by Stephen Crawley <sxc@itd.dtso.oz.au> of Defence Science & Tech Org, Australia. Alex has abstract data types, type inference and inheritance. 2. BURBANK - Burbank officials on Thursday celebrated the opening of a child care center the city spent $1.1 million to create, with spaces for 92 children under the age of 6. The Burbank Housing Corporation Childcare Center opened unofficially un·of·fi·cial adj. 1. Not official: the unofficial election results. 2. Not acting officially: an unofficial adviser. on March 1 at 2300 N. Ontario St. and has about 25 children enrolled, said Jack Lynch, Burbank senior project manager. ``It was a pilot project. We usually don't get involved in child care,'' said Mayor Stacey Murphy. ``We hope it will work out really well so we can do more in the future.'' Developer M. David Paul, who built 20 homes nearby on land sold to him by the Burbank Redevelopment Agency, spent $700,000 to build the center as a condition of the sale, Lynch said. The city provided another $1.1 million for the center, he said. The child care center took about 16 months to build. It covers 8,600 square feet and has playground Playground - A visual language for children, developed for Apple's Vivarium Project. OOPSLA 89 or 90? space. The center is operated by Knowledge Learning Centers, and 17 caregivers will work there when it is running at full capacity, Lynch said. Burbank is known for having long waiting lists at its child care centers, he said. This is the city's first attempt at trying to address that chronic shortage. The center will offer child care services to Burbank families and employees of major Burbank companies. The cost of enrolling a child at the center is $220 per week for an infant and $165 per week for a preschooler pre·school·er n. 1. A child who is not old enough to attend kindergarten. 2. A child who is enrolled in a preschool. Noun 1. . To help families with limited budgets, the center will offer reduced rates for 20 percent of the children. Parents interested in enrolling their children at the center can call (818) 565-3572. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Caregiver care·giv·er n. 1. An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability. 2. Chris Seymour holds 4-month-old Johnathan Zwick, who's part of the infant program at the new child care center. (2) Averi Fletcher Fletcher may refer to one of the following: Ideas and companies
Noun NZ informal food [Maori] kai noun N.Z. (informal) food, grub (slang) provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang Fukumoto, 3, show off their puppets in a preschool class at the center. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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