Schools
New Child Care Center Opens at Farmingdale State
Fuschillo, college officials on hand to open state-of-the-art center.
Farmingdale State College celebrated the official opening of its new
Child Care Center.
State Sen. Charles Fuschillo, R-Merrick, and Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, D-Lindenhurst, helped secure $7.5 million in state funding for the new facility.
"This is another great addition to Farmingdale State College’s campus, Fuschillo said. "This new, state-of-the-art center will provide quality child care to students, staff, and community members with young children."
The Child Care Center is open to the community and the college campus
and accepts children ages eight weeks to pre-K. The center also runs a
summer camp for children ages 5 through 12.
The new center is more than 11,000 square feet with rooms for infants,
toddlers, and pre-schoolers. The center is designed so that every room
provides “teachable moments.”
As an example, the lobby is interactive with touchable textures on the walls. The center also has an outdoor playground which features four separate play areas that are developmentally appropriate.
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