When did DCPS/PCS preschool start?

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[Post New]05/15/2015 16:19
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Anonymous
What year did DC begin offering free preschool for 4-year-olds and 3-year-olds? Both DCPS and charters.

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[Post New]05/15/2015 19:15
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Anonymous
Gained significant momentum after 2008 http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Final%202013%20OSSE%20Pre-K%20Report.pdf
[Post New]05/16/2015 19:17
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Anonymous
I don't know if it was offered as widely as it is today, but I attended PreK as a four year old at Maury way back in 1986.
[Post New]05/16/2015 20:18
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Anonymous
It was called Head Start previously.
[Post New]05/18/2015 10:37
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Anonymous
Brent and Tyler Spanish Immersion 3 year old preschool started in the fall of 2005.
[Post New]05/18/2015 11:20
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It was called Head Start previously.


Head Start is a federal program for low income families. DCPS PK uses local funds to provide PK for residents, regardless of income. Don't conflate them.
[Post New]05/18/2015 11:23
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was called Head Start previously.


Head Start is a federal program for low income families. DCPS PK uses local funds to provide PK for residents, regardless of income. Don't conflate them.


NP -- it uses a mix of Head Start funds and other local funds to fund universal PK3/PK4.
[Post New]05/18/2015 13:14
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Anonymous
They definately still have head start funds and those classrooms must follow Head Start regulations. Ever wonder why your kids brush their teeth at school? Head Start rules.
[Post New]05/18/2015 14:37
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Anonymous
I attended free DCPS (Shepherd) preschool at age 4 in 1975-1976, so it has been around at least that long!
[Post New]05/18/2015 19:14
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:They definately still have head start funds and those classrooms must follow Head Start regulations. Ever wonder why your kids brush their teeth at school? Head Start rules.


No I never wondered that. Probably because my kids have never brushed their teeth at school. What are you talking about?
[Post New]05/18/2015 19:24
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They definately still have head start funds and those classrooms must follow Head Start regulations. Ever wonder why your kids brush their teeth at school? Head Start rules.


No I never wondered that. Probably because my kids have never brushed their teeth at school. What are you talking about?


Mine has when he was in PK3 at a DCPS school in Ward 4.
[Post New]05/18/2015 20:06
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They definately still have head start funds and those classrooms must follow Head Start regulations. Ever wonder why your kids brush their teeth at school? Head Start rules.


No I never wondered that. Probably because my kids have never brushed their teeth at school. What are you talking about?


At our title 1 school, all PK3 and PK4 kids brush their teeth after lunch and before nap.
[Post New]05/18/2015 20:43
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Anonymous
I was in DCPS PreK in 1980
[Post New]05/18/2015 21:10
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Anonymous
Never heard of brushing teeth at school. How, then, can it be a Head Start rule?
[Post New]05/19/2015 09:22
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:They definately still have head start funds and those classrooms must follow Head Start regulations. Ever wonder why your kids brush their teeth at school? Head Start rules.


Could you please point us to this supposed Head Start "rule"? If there is one, many ECE programs in DCPS are seemingly unaware of it, assuming they receive Head Start funding at all.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/massachusetts-law-day-care-centers-brush-kids-teeth/story?id=9665261
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