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USD 383 board approves Head Start change to add preschool classrooms, reduce Early Head Start slots
Summary
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board approved a conversion application to change Early Head Start home-based slots into center-based preschool classrooms, increasing preschool capacity by 32 students and reducing birth-to-3 Head Start slots; the district will seek federal approval before implementing the change next school year.
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education on a 6-0 vote approved a change-in-scope application to convert Early Head Start home-based slots to center-based preschool classrooms, a move district staff said will increase preschool capacity by 32 children while reducing Early Head Start (birth-to-3) slots.
District staff told the board the switch responds to a sustained wait list for preschool-age Head Start slots and to operational and regulatory realities: center-based preschool slots are easier for the district to staff and supervise given existing preschool facilities, whereas operating Early Head Start home-based…
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