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Pershing Early Learning Center reports 420 enrolled, about 170-child waitlist; principal cites space and staffing limits
Summary
Pershing Early Learning Center principal told the board the program returned about 420 children, has a waitlist of roughly 170 and needs six classrooms plus a gym and additional certified early childhood teachers and paraprofessionals to expand.
Sarah Nupol, principal of Pershing Early Learning Center, told the Decatur Public School District 61 board on Aug. 19 that the grant-funded preschool and the cooperative early childhood program reopened to about 420 children and that the program has a waitlist of approximately 170 children.
"I have a very long wait list, about a 170 kids who are waiting for spots," Nupol said. She told the board Pershing…
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