PSJA Independent School District is getting ready to open a third early childhood campus. It's part of their Cradle to College initiative.

On Friday morning, the school was filled with young students, families and staff. The district is celebrating the grand opening of its newest early learning campus.

The Buckner Building Blocks Academy is the district's third school dedicated to Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 students.

It's located off North Fir Street in Pharr and is modeled after the two existing building blocks academies. They are the Sonia Sotomayor Academy, also in Pharr, and the Alamo Building Blocks Academy that opened last year.

The district says the goal is to prepare kids, starting at age three through play-based learning and exploration.

"If we build that really strong foundation, it

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