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New City -
Recently the City of Newark Planning Board approved
Michael Shilale
Architects, LLP (MSA)
designs for a new child care center serving 210
three and four year olds. The goals of this
child care center are to create a place where
children feel competent and independent, to create a
place that is safe and nurturing, a place of
learning and a place of beauty. Unified
Vailsburg Services Organization (UVSO) operates
several preschools and would also like this new
center to be a place that would
support strong families and connect children to a
wider world.
This project is partly the
result of a landmark court decision in NJ called the
Abbott case. The courts decided that 3 and 4 year
olds from low-income families who cannot afford
quality childcare are unprepared for kindergarten
and elementary school. It has been called one of the
most significant court decisions in education
history.
The goal of the Abbott programs
and reforms is to give every child the opportunity
to attain "his or her own place as a contributing
member in society with the ability to compete with
other citizens and to succeed in the economy."
Abbott IV (1997).
MSA hopes this new center will
be a place for children to play and to learn and
that meets their needs for movement, comfort,
competence and control.
Michael Shilale AIA, LEED along with his partner
John Cirilli AIA, has grown
Michael Shilale
Architects, LLP located in New City, into an eight
person architectural/engineering firm. Since 1991,
the firm has designed over
1600 projects:
including schools,
residences, apartment houses, chapels, office
buildings, retail centers, restaurants, hotels, health care and
recreational facilities throughout New York and New
Jersey. For more information, please call
845-708-9200, or visit their website at, www.shilale.com. |
