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Yankton School Board Buys Land for Early Childhood Development Center

Yankton School Board Buys Land for Early Childhood Development Center

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The Yankton School Board approved spending six hundred thousand dollars to buy twelve acres of land for the new, early childhood education center.

Board President Frani Kieffer says it’s a bold move…..https://on.soundcloud.com/qwB37

Kieffer says early education is critical to a child’s development….https://on.soundcloud.com/YLExc

Kieffer says its been a long process to get to this point….https://on.soundcloud.com/szvgJ

The land is located south of the airport on Thirty First and Peninah, in the northeast part of the city. The building will house pre-K, Junior K and kindergarten students, with the space to move in first graders later if necessary.

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