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Commission declares October National Head Start Awareness Month; Aegis Head Start reports local demand
Summary
Representatives from Aegis Head Start described services and local partnerships and said Moorefield area demand has increased. The commission moved and approved a proclamation declaring October National Head Start Awareness Month for the county.
Tierra Mead, finance and public-relations manager for Aegis Head Start, and Deborah Williams, director, briefed the commission on Head Start operations, services and local partnerships. They said Head Start provides education, health, nutrition and family-engagement supports and that the programb—prepares children for kindergarten while promoting parental self-reliance.
Mead said the local program serves three counties (Hardy, Hampshire and Grant) and that Hardy County had experienced growth; she cited local pre-K partnerships with the county board of education and said that without those partnerships 35 to 40 four-year-olds would have lacked pre-K slots. The presenters asked the commission for a proclamation recognizing National Head Start Awareness Month.
The commission moved, seconded and approved a proclamation declaring October National Head Start Awareness Month in the county and asked staff to supply the official county proclamation.
