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Hidalgo County Head Start group proposes expanding JRG Head Start Academy; district told proposal could save roughly $678,000 annually
Summary
Representatives from the Hidalgo County Head Start/ECHA described a proposal to operate the district's JRG early childhood campus under Head Start funding, offering staffing and other services at no cost to the district and claiming substantial projected savings over five years.
Representatives from the Hidalgo County Head Start/ECHA told the Edcouch-Elsa ISD board the agency can provide Head Start services at the district’s JRG early-childhood campus and that, under their model, the district could see significant cost savings.
The presenters said the ECHA proposal would convert the JRG campus to a Head Start model with up to 60 classrooms and about 360 children in the projected scenario. ECHA said it can provide campus-level leadership, social workers/case managers, assistant teachers with…
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