We are excited to share more details of our impending build-out at 1021 Bandana Blvd E. ahead of next school year! We have been working with our architect/design team to finalize the basic plans, which allowed them to complete very detailed construction drawings. These drawings have been submitted for final contractor pricing estimates, and simultaneously for permitting. We are now in the process of selecting a General Contractor along with Wellington Management, and work will begin as soon as early-mid March. Maddie and I have also been working with the architect/design team to finalize choices for finishes, floors, tile options, paint colors, etc. and we are excited to share these most recent classroom renderings! This is of course not exactly accurate to what it will look like with our classroom furniture/Montessori materials, but gives an idea!



There are a lot of changes to manage and navigate as we look ahead to next year and we are thinking a lot about making this process as smooth and seamless for children as possible. We will be occupying a new home, but we will have the same classroom groups, the same mix of children and staff (plus some new community members), the same materials, the same classroom pets, the same furniture, and the same homey feel of our current classrooms. Preparation of the environment is such an important element to implementing Montessori pedagogy, and building new environments from scratch has been an amazing once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. We are so excited to see everything come together to create authentic Montessori classrooms and keep doing what our staff does best—partnering with every family on behalf of every child. Some things about what we do will never change! 

Maya