Hilltop Childcare Center will be able to accomodate about 100 additional children upon completion of a $2 million expansion project. Above, one of the many classrooms at Hilltop that is currently at its capacity.
$2 million Hilltop project approved
100 more children can be served
The Board of Regents has approved a proposed $2 million expansion to Hilltop Childcare Center, KU's childcare provider for students, faculty and staff.
Pat Pisani, Hilltop executive director, said the expansion will add six classrooms, storage and office and conference space.
"The expansion should allow us to accommodate an additional 100 children," she said.
Initial plans call for the expansion to add three new classrooms for 1 and 2-year-olds in the east wing and three additional classrooms in the preschool and kindergarten wing. There are also plans for additional laundry, storage and office space.
Pisani said the extra children would require the center to hire about 15 new full time staff members and some additional part time student aides. Tentative plans call for about 12 new teachers, plus kitchen and administrative staff. There are currently 32 full-time staff and approximately 50 part-time student aides.
The building, which was constructed in 2000, was built with the plan of eventually being expanded. The center is at full capacity and has a waiting list of about 350 children.
The project will be funded by a combination of student fees, user fees and university support.
Initial plans call for the first additional classrooms to be open by January 2008.
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