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Plymouth preschool program reports enrollment growth, space and staffing strains; $494,000 CPPI grant in place
Summary
Plymouth Early Childhood Center leaders told the School Committee on June 2 the preschool has grown to about 292 students with 197 active IEPs, is operating near capacity, and is using a Community Preschool Partnership Initiative grant to deliver services in the community while seeking space and staffing solutions.
Plymouth — Denise Tobin, principal of the Plymouth Early Childhood Center, told the School Committee on June 2 that enrollment and special-education needs at the district preschool have increased substantially and that the program is approaching its physical and staffing limits.
Tobin said the preschool served about 292 students as of April 30 and had 197 active individualized education programs, and she outlined the center’s mix of classroom models and staffing changes the district has made to accommodate growth. "We have 133 in our integrated classrooms, 27 substantially separate for a total of 160 special ed spots," Tobin said, and added that the district has created additional teacher and paraprofessional positions to add seats.
The preschool operates an integrated model that limits class size to 15 students, with up to seven students with IEPs and eight "peer" students from the community in each classroom, Tobin said. To expand capacity the district added four teachers, creating 34…
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