What a difference a day makes! A space at Rivera Elementary School that was vacant on Wednesday is now home to a 1440 square foot preschool. The facility arrived in three large sections on trucks from Stockton Thursday morning. Site work to prepare for the delivery began early last week, and crews spent the day carefully positioning the preschool on the property.
The building was designed with student safety as the top priority, including the strategic placement of windows and doors. It will serve approximately 20 children in the morning and 20 more in the afternoon. The preschool also has two restrooms and its own kitchenette.
This facility is the latest addition to Rivera Elementary School, which opened to 600 kindergarten through sixth grade students last fall. It was built adjacent to Rivera Middle School using voter approved Measure M and Measure S funds. The goal was to fill a need in Northwest Merced while creating enough space to allow all sixth graders to attend elementary schools.
The new preschool was funded through Measure M and developer fees. It will open this fall with a mission to provide students the academic, social, emotional, and physical benefits of early education in a nurturing environment.
Enrollment is now underway for all of the district’s preschools. Qualified families who live in the district and have children ages three or four can stop by Galen Clark Preschool at 211 E. 11th Street to fill out a pre-application. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
If you have any questions, please call Galen Clark Preschool at 209-385-6619. You can also find additional information at: