Dubuque Community School Board Names New Preschool

Dubuque Community Schools leaders have selected a name for the district’s new preschool center, as design and construction work continues ahead of the facility’s planned fall opening. At a strategic plan update session Monday, school board members unanimously approved the name “Seedlings Preschool Center” for the program, which will be located in the building at 7900 Chavenelle Road. Seedlings Preschool Center will provide space for up to 10 classrooms, though the district still will maintain one preschool classroom at each of its elementary schools. The center will span about 15,000 square feet of the Chavenelle Road building, which also houses Dubuque Y Early Learning Center and a planned 911 operations center shared by the city of Dubuque and Dubuque County.