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Westminster presenters highlight UPK rollout, mapping shows participation gaps in Adams County
Summary
District and Adams County leaders described the state’s Universal Preschool (UPK) rollout, said UPK brought $17 million to Adams County this year and presented an interactive mapping tool showing lower UPK participation in higher-poverty neighborhoods.
Matt O'Shaughn and Kelly Alteiser, speaking for Westminster Public Schools and the Adams County UPK local coordinating organization, told the school board on April 22 that Colorado’s Universal Preschool program has shifted preschool funding and enrollment processes and exposed access gaps across Adams County.
The presenters said the state-funded UPK provides up to 10 hours a week of free preschool for four-year-olds and that Adams County Connections — the county’s LCO — coordinated a mixed-delivery network of district, Head Start, private and home-based providers. "This brought $17,000,000 of UPK funding into the county," Kelly Alteiser said.
Why it matters: Board members pressed presenters about how the change from slot-based funding to per-student monthly payments and a state enrollment portal has affected local providers and families. Presenters…
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