A combined Montessori elementary school and day care operator plans to renovate and expand a shuttered commercial building along Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights, in what officials say will help meet a demand for such a facility in the area.

Guidepost Montessori plans to offer day care for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years, and a private elementary school for first through sixth grades at 1000 W. Northwest Highway, just north of the intersection with Euclid Avenue.

Guidepost, which has suburban sites in Deerfield, Schaumburg, and Naperville, is about to open other locations in Burr Ridge, Downers Grove and Kildeer. It plans to offer nine day care classrooms and two elementary school classrooms for a capacity of about 200 children in Arlington Heights.

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