Clyde’s Corner | January 2026

NEW NEW NEW!

With the New Year comes lots of new and exciting changes! The Barn is making some changes not only to our administrative roles, communication platforms, and classrooms, but to our large scale size as well!

  • New Sister School! We were very busy over the break and closed on a new facility not far from The Big Red Barn. We are branching out and creating a sister school that will be focused more on our passion for spreading God's love. The Big Red Barn Christian Academy will hopefully be opening in March or April of 2026! Ms. Alicia will be partnering with Ashley on this adventure as she takes on her dream of creating a Faith Based Bible Curriculum for Early Childhood settings! We will be on the hunt for a new amazing addition to replace Alicia at The Big Red Barn over the next few months, but in the meantime if you see her make sure to give her a big congratulations as she takes this next step in her career.
    • If this passion is something you share with us, of if you would like your kiddos to be at one location, please reach out to Ashley or Alicia to talk about a transfer!
  • New Communication and Billing Platform! Now that we will be a 3 site operation we will be switching from Brightwheel to an app called Playground. Playground has all the same basic functions as Brightwheel, but has a lot more to offer when it comes to operating multiple sites. Be on the lookout an email with next steps as we will hopefully be switching over by 2/15/26.
  • Welcome Back Ms. Maisey! We are so excited to officially announce that Ms. Maisey, our past preschool teacher, will be coming back onboard as our Conscious Discipline Coordinator. She has been working hard on becoming an expert on all things Conscious Discipline and will help us through our implementation stages. She will be working with all teachers in all three locations. To learn more about her role, please click here.

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