Business View Magazine May 2023

193 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 ASSOCIAT ION OF ENERGY ENGINEERS “We started the Building Brickies program to teach parents how to be the best at their jobs,” says Peggy Buffington, superintendent for the School City of Hobart. “Children don’t come with an owner’s manual, so we started this program to assist parents all the way up to kindergarten.” Beginning at age 4, students can register for preschool programming and join the kindergarten program at age 5. As the students age up, they can attend one of three elementary schools: Joan Martin Elementary, Liberty Elementary, and Veterans Elementary, followed by Hobart Middle School, and finally, Hobart High School. But the School City of Hobart’s programming doesn’t end with the