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Swain County Board to consider sliding scale for Bright Adventures pre‑K after staff warn fees may bar some families; after‑school grant not awarded
Summary
District staff presented a proposed sliding scale for Bright Adventures Pre‑K tuition after several families said a previously approved $600 monthly private‑pay rate would prevent them from enrolling; the board deferred final action to June.
District staff told the board May 17 that a $600 monthly private‑pay rate for Bright Adventures Pre‑K, approved previously for families who do not qualify for NC Pre‑K, could prevent several families from enrolling and that a sliding scale is under consideration.
Trish, the Bright Adventures coordinator, told the board that as of the most recent paperwork seven families would not qualify for NC Pre‑K and that three families had said they would not send their children under the $600 fee. “Those are the families that I worry about the most,” she said,…
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