{"id":1760,"date":"2025-09-24T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:46:24","slug":"donald-stewart-early-childhood-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2025\/09\/24\/donald-stewart-early-childhood-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Stewart Early Childhood Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41889a31b6acef03b7586c4d35424cda\" style=\"color:#06786d\">Elizabeth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>September Garden Updates<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">September has brought new energy to our garden as we welcome many new students to our school! 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