{"id":64559,"date":"2026-04-08T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=64559"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:23:08","slug":"alta-schoolhouse-is-moving-forward-with-a-second-campus-in-the-lake-morton-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/04\/08\/alta-schoolhouse-is-moving-forward-with-a-second-campus-in-the-lake-morton-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Alta Schoolhouse is moving forward with a second campus in the Lake Morton area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alta Schoolhouse is moving forward with a second campus in the Lake Morton area, taking over the former site of Little Sprouts Preschool<\/strong> at 926 S. Tennessee Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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This expansion is a significant milestone for the school, which has operated its original location on Carleton Street in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood since 2022. Here are the key details of the new project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Offerings & Capacity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • One-Year-Old Care:<\/strong> For the first time, Alta will offer care for one-year-olds<\/strong>. This was a strategic decision driven by high demand from local families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total Enrollment:<\/strong> The new campus is expected to serve approximately 87 students<\/strong>, mirroring the capacity of the previous tenant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Standardized Model:<\/strong> The Tennessee Avenue site will follow Alta\u2019s Montessori-inspired approach, featuring the same safety protocols, classroom transparency, and low teacher-to-child ratios found at the Carleton Street campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Site Status & Renovations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Current State:<\/strong> The building is currently undergoing extensive renovations<\/strong> to bring it up to modern licensing standards and align it with Alta’s specific design aesthetic (including updated classrooms and redesigned outdoor play spaces).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Timeline:<\/strong> While Little Sprouts closed on March 9, 2026, during the transition, Alta has not yet finalized a specific opening date<\/strong> for the new campus as architectural plans are still being polished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This move helps address the ongoing shortage of high-quality childcare in central Lakeland, where waitlists for preschool openings remain notoriously long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Alta Schoolhouse is moving forward with a second campus in the Lake Morton area, taking over the former site of Little Sprouts Preschool at 926 S. Tennessee Ave. This expansion… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"14","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTYud2VicD9maXQ9Mjc1JTJDMTgzJnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiQWx0YSBTY2hvb2xob3VzZSBpcyBtb3ZpbmcgZm9yd2FyZCB3aXRoIGEgc2Vjb25kIGNhbXB1cyBpbiB0aGUgTGFrZSBNb3J0b24gYXJlYSIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.y7wImAN2fzqJ0kfwclRUB3wAjyR1C6nhNoWNN-9GV-IMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA0XC9kb3dubG9hZC02LndlYnAiLCJ0eHQiOiJBbHRhIFNjaG9vbGhvdXNlIGlzIG1vdmluZyBmb3J3YXJkIHdpdGggYSBzZWNvbmQgY2FtcHVzIGluIHRoZSBMYWtlIE1vcnRvbiBhcmVhIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.o_8ScNqxFRAwf_RsPrL1y2vgZ-b99XDD9K_jMi7fua8MQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[14329],"class_list":["post-64559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alta-schoolhouse-is-moving-forward-with-a-second-campus-in-the-lake-morton-area"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64561,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64559\/revisions\/64561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}