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FCCJ partnership might keep Brewer Center open
Jul 18, 2008
By TIA MITCHELL
The Times-Union
Management at the Don Brewer Early Learning Center would be taken over this fall by Florida Community College at Jacksonville in a partnership with Chappell Child Development Centers.
This agreement, announced Friday by Mayor John Peyton, must be approved by the Jacksonville City Council and FCCJ’s District Board of Trustees. Once approved, FCCJ would contract with Chappell Schools, which will provide the child development services. The college would be in charge of operating the center, and the city would continue to provide building maintenance.
Peyton announced in April that he was cutting funding for the Brewer Center because of an upcoming tough budget year. He also said the center wasn’t serving its mission of being a model facility targeted at inner-city youth and instead had essentially become a city-operated day care.
At the time the closure was announced, many parents and community members expressed anger at the mayor’s decision.
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