Emilia Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper the Kinderhook Town Board has rejected a request from Columbia Opportunities, Inc. to operate a Head Start class in the Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building. The Hudson-based community action program requested use of a classroom on the third floor of the building, for a three-day-a-week program for income-qualified three and four year-olds who live in the Ichabod Crane School District. Columbia Opportunities has been providing preschool services in Valatie for several years, Head Start director Cindy Andrus told the board. The Glynn municipal building is owned jointly by the town and the village of Valatie, so both the town and village boards must approve applications for use the building. The village board approved the Head Start application in June. In rejecting the application last week, town Supervisor Pat Grattan pointed out that Glynn is no longer a school building. And town clerk Kim Pinkowski said having a preschool using a room above the town offices "would not be business friendly." Others on the board were concerned about incarcerated defendants being brought in for arraignment in town court when the children were present. Following the discussion, the board unanimously rejected the application. Read the full story in the Columbia Paper.