pachai 07:56 PM 07-15-2008
I'm researching for my children's preschool.
They are close to becoming newly-licensed,
in an old facility. The State is NJ.
For now, they have 2 adult bathrooms and
are licensed for 2 classes of 12 each.
The City said that to open more classrooms
(2-3 more), there need to be more bathrooms -
and they need to be child-size.
The director is open to putting a bathroom
in each classroom...but there's a law requiring
each bathroom to have one stall "Accessible" -
that takes a lot of space away from the classroom.
I was wondering if anyone came across this
problem, and if there is a way to meet requirements
without significantly impacting the classrooms.
My thought was, if it is a child-size toilet, and it
has to be handicap-access, does it need to be
handicap-accessible for an adult?
Even if the child needs adult help in the bathroom,
the wheelchair won't be adult-size.
There are two adult-size single-use handicap-accessible
bathrooms in the facility.
Thanks for your ideas.
Unregistered 06:49 AM 07-26-2008