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District debates future of Early Head Start partnership as SAP 3 review begins
Summary
District staff presented options to continue, shorten or end a 10-year subrecipient relationship with the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston as part of a larger SAP 3 review of 0–5 programming and early childhood expansion; board members asked for more time and clearer timelines before deciding.
Evanston school district leaders presented three options for the district’s subrecipient contract with the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (IWSE), an Early Head Start partner, as part of the district’s SAP 3 review of early childhood programming.
The district framed the matter as a choice among renewing the five-year contract, extending it for one year while the district completes SAP 3 and structural deficit planning, or ending the partnership this school year; staff emphasized risks tied to enrollment shortfalls, federal grant uncertainty and legal/reputational disputes that have arisen during the 10-year relationship.
District staff said the review grew out of two factors: (1) a routine five‑year federal grant renewal cycle for the Early Head Start award, which requires clarity about subrecipient arrangements when the district files its…
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