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Duluth Head Start: 2024–25 year served 212 children; staff report high early-intervention referrals and plan food support for families
Summary
Barbara Eckberg, the district—s director of Head Start, reported that the 2024–25 Head Start program operated 190 slots and served 212 children across the year, and that a high share of enrolled children received early-intervention supports.
Barbara Eckberg, director of Head Start and coordinator for preschool, presented the Duluth Public School District—s Head Start report for the 2024–25 program year and reviewed required governance training.
Eckberg said the program operated 190 Head Start slots and served 212 children at points across the year. She told the board that 123 children were projected to enter kindergarten the following year; she did not have a district-level count of how many enrolled in Duluth schools. The program used the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP), an observation-based assessment, to report group development scores rather than to compare individual children.
Eckberg outlined demographic and service data: 14 children were…
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