JEFFERSON CITY — The Jefferson City School District unveiled its new Jefferson City Early Childhood Center at a grand opening on Thursday.

The JCECC will provide education for pre-kindergarten students to help prepare them for kindergarten.

Development for the center gained serious traction when 68% of Jefferson City voters voted yes to the Kids FIRST bond issue in April 2023.

"We graduate over 600 students a year in both high schools, and we wanted to try to have a goal of serving that population at pre-K someday," JC Schools Superintendent Bryan McGraw said. "So we started with that vision, we pitched it to the voters, they believed in us, and then what you see today is that dream come true."

The new facility on East McCarty Street will replace the current Childhood center in south

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