Head Start next year?
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Anonymous
| I saw on 2 recent threads someone mentioned that next year (2020-21), DCPS is cutting Head Start at a number of Title 1 schools. Is there a list somewhere of the schools that will still have it (or those that will lose it)? I've googled and can't find anything. |
Anonymous
| I think they are still deciding the list. |
Anonymous
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All schools in wards 7 and 8 will have it along with a few other schools. Overall the total number of schools will be anywhere between 33-38 schools.
Schools that definitely will NOT have Head Start. Ludlow Taylor Van Ness West Payne Thomson Garrison Marie Reed Bancroft Powell |
Anonymous
Wow, Garrison and Payne?! They seem like nowhere near as gentrified as the others. Does this mean less preschool seats, or just loss of services? |
Anonymous
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The schools outside of Ward 7 and 8 that will probably have it will most likely include the schools below.
Walker Jones EC Wheatley EC Browne EC LaSalle Backus Langdon Noyes Brightwood Tubman Raymond EC Dorothy Height Cleveland (50/50 chance given the location of the school and the TFI of the neighborhood) Truesdell EC |
Anonymous
This will mean a loss of services unless DCPS provides local funding. |
Anonymous
| Please keep in mind that because DCPS does not collect income information, Head Start eligibility is based off families being categorically eligible. This means that only families receiving TANF, SNAP, and Medicaid are Head Start eligible. Foster children and homeless families are also eligible. |
Anonymous
| All of the schools with under 35% Head Start eligible students will be cut. Schools falling between 35-50% will also probably be cut. |
Anonymous
What’s your definition of gentrified? Are you just looking at race or assuming someone’s income based on race? |
Anonymous
What about Langley? At 49% at-risk I would be surprised if they cut it. PK3 is showing some gentrification but PK4 and K are still predominately low-income. |
Anonymous
So does it specifically look at "Head Start eligible students" in ECE only, or school-wide? Thinking of schools like Miner (and Payne to a slightly lesser extent) - ECE is full of higher incomes, but they bounce out by K. |
Anonymous
This is only looking at the percentage in preK because this is the age group that Head Start serves. |
Anonymous
| DEFINITELY NOT POSTER NEEDS TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS OR I CALL BULLSHIT |
Anonymous
I would be surprised if they pull back from Langley, given the large special ed program and the Connected Schools thing. Maybe in a few years but as PP said, Pk4 is still pretty low income-y. Seems like retention of high-SES kids is still poor. |
Anonymous
SN programs are not funded by Head Start. It is partially funded by IDEA, and the District has to make up the rest. Further, for Head Start purposes, the income of Pk3 and Pk4 is relevant. Retention of high-SES kids is not relevant (it is relevant to Title 1 designation). |