About Mainspring Schools

To contact us:

 

 

512/442-2301 Phone

512/912-1731 Fax

Rudi@MainspringSchools.org

 

1100 West Live Oak

Austin, TX 78704

  § Mainspring’s Mission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We are an

early childhood,

family-centered

community

where children

enjoy learning and

become self-assured

and socially competent

in order to

excel in school

and in life.”

 

§ Mainspring’s Vision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Successful

                 Children

 

 

·  Successful

                 Families

 

 

·  Successful

                   Communities

· 1941 – Chalmers Nursery School – Works Progress Administration project sponsored by

                 the  Austin Association of  University Women and AISD. The first  “war nursery”         

                 located  in a federal housing development serving 25 children, ages 2-7.

                  

· 1944 – Chalmers name was changed to Austin Community Nursery Schools (ACNS).            

                 Funded by Community Chest, now United Way, starting in 1944.

 

· 1948 – Federal funds ended and the agency was chartered as a nonprofit agency.

 

· 1954 – ACNS became one of the first eleven United Fund agencies in the Austin area and   

                 moved from Chalmers Court to Meadowbrook Homes Project with 44 children.

 

· 1968 – School moved to present site constructed by the Austin Housing Authority.

 

· 1973 – The first contract with the Texas Department of Human Services became effective.

 

· 1992 – ACNS was chosen as one eleven Comprehensive Early Childhood Development  

                 Projects in Texas.

 

· 2004 – Branding campaign resulted in a name change to Mainspring Schools.

 

· 2006 – The school maintains its accreditation standards which are met by only 8% of child     

                 care centers in the US.

 

 

 

 

§ Mainspring Schools  History

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