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QUINCY — Two portables are being constructed on Quincy School District land for a new Migrant Head Start center.

The Quincy School Board approved the lease on the southeast corner of George Elementary School Tuesday. The lease, for $600 per month, lasts until 2017.

Superintendent Roger Fox said the district would be able to use the portables when the center is not using them.

"I think it's going to be a win-win for both of us," Fox said.

A similar program is already located on H Street in Quincy. Both are through the Washington State Migrant Council, which operates 23 head starts in the state. The seasonal program runs from May through October. Students are typically bused from George to Quincy for the program.

Migrant Head Start serves children, from four months old through five years old, with a free education, plus breakfast, lunch and snacks. It is a federally funded program offered full time, five days per week through the Washington State Migrant Council.

Migrant Council Director of Program Development Cristina Klatovsky said the organization has preliminary site plans drawn and is preparing to contract with an architect for more final plans.

The federal Migrant Head Start program would need to approve the plans, Klatovsky said.

"At this point it's all still preliminary," she said.

Supervisor of the Quincy Head Start program Imelda Mendoza was unavailable Wednesday for comment. Mendoza said in November she hoped to serve 50 children at the new center.