Central Plains USD 112 Superintendent Bill Lowry met with Barton County Commissioners on Tuesday to discuss a matching funding request for daycare in the Claflin community. “I’ve raised some funds,” Lowry said, referring to donations to the school district’s Childcare Network established in October 2022 that provides 70% in state tax credits toward renovating an existing classroom in Wilson and a new building in Claflin. The program reached 50% of its goal by December 2022, but a year later Lowry was in hopes that he could move the fundraising along. “I don’t have enough at this time to really start a project,” he said. “Even if you have the funds to hand and you can commit to a project, there’s still a timeline involved to find a contractor to take on the project. I’ve got a lot of people here that really need daycare,” he said.
Source: Great Bend Tribune
