Expanded Child Care to Open

AT LINCOLN LAB

Expanded Child Care Center to Open

Lincoln Laboratory's new, expanded child care center is scheduled to 
open September 4, with spaces available for up to 65 infants, toddlers 
and preschool-aged children.

The new center, operated by Lincoln Laboratory Children's Center, Inc. 
(LINCC), will provide two-, three- and five-day full-time (8am-6pm) care 
and a half-day (8am-1pm) program for preschoolers. LINCC is a private, 
nonprofit, state-licensed child care organization established to serve 
the needs of employees and subcontractors at Lincoln Laboratory, the MIT 
community, Hanscom Air Force Base and the public.

The center will maintain low teacher/child ratios: 1:3 in the infant 
program; 1:4 in the toddler program and 1:10 in the preschool program. 
The primary goal of the staff is "to provide children with lots of 
affectionate, physical and verbal contact in a nurturing, loving and 
consistent environment," according to Carol Stokes, child care manager 
at Lincoln.

The center is part of a partnership established last year between 
Lincoln and the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School. The 
center is located on the high school campus in Lexington, at the 
intersection of Routes 2A and 128. Some 400 students in Minuteman's 
construction trades division have worked on the project since its 
inception.

Finishing touches are being made to the new building and during the 
summer landscaping for the extensive playgrounds will be designed and 
implemented.

For further information, call the Lincoln Child Care Program Office at 
(617) 981-7028, or call the Children's Center directly at (617) 861-
3850.