The Ladybug Child Care Center in Shakopee is the second such center Stahl has built for the organization, which is family owned and operated and headquartered in Chaska, Minn. Michael Monn Architects in Lakeville, Minn., also contributed to the project.

The new center is adjacent to Shakopee Public Schools’ Jackson Elementary School, which allows Ladybug to offer before and after school programs for school-age children with the benefit of having staff members walk students to and from school. The structure is comprised of a 10,500-square-foot single-story surrounded by 15,000 square feet of playground area featuring interactive outdoor equipment and a fenced retainage pond area intended for teaching natural sciences. Interior features include a full-service kitchen, inside playground and a nursing station. There is also a crib room for babies and toddlers. Total occupancy for the facility is 145 children, who can range in age from infants to elementary school-aged.

“Ladybug required a close eye for detail to pass and exceed mandated child care requirements for both the indoor and outdoor spaces,“ said Stahl’s Project Executive, Deb Aldrich, in a statement. “The layout of the building, materials used, paint colors selected, and toys available were all chosen by the owners to help create a child-friendly environment.”

Aldrich worked on both the new Shakopee location as well as the original Ladybug Child Care Center in Waconia, Minn.

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The 124,000-square-foot E-8 school will be the first ISD 728 school of its kind to be used for instructing a wide age range of students. Early childhood learners, kindergarten through fifth-grade students and sixth through eighth grade middle schoolers will all be taught in the same facility. This will help alleviate crowding issues at Rogers Elementary, Rogers Middle School and Hassan Elementary School as well as provide space dedicated to early learning within the district, according to Star News, a local news source.

“The City Council is very excited to see construction underway on the new E-8 building in Otsego,” said Otsego Mayor Jessica Stockamp in a statement. “We know this will meet the needs of both current and future families in our community that are within the ISD 728 school district. We are also looking forward to more discussion with the school board and staff for planning future facilities based on our continued growth in Otsego.”

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Otsego E-8 last spring as part of the plan for the new school to be completed by August 2017. The three other schools that make up the four-school building campaign include an addition and renovation to the Elk River High School gymnasium and activities center, an auditorium and science wing addition to Zimmerman High School and Middle School as well as a 7,300-square-foot addition to Zimmerman Early Childhood School.

The Elk River High School addition and renovation are scheduled for completion early next year, while the Zimmerman projects were completed earlier this fall. Leading the construction efforts on all of the projects is St. Louis Park, Minn.-headquartered Stahl Construction Company, with St. Paul, Minn.-based Wold Architects & Engineers as the design team.

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