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Head Start provider proposes JRG Head Start expansion, says district could save about $678,000 a year
Summary
A Head Start provider proposed that Edcouch‑Elsa ISD partner to operate an expanded JRG Head Start Academy, offering staff and services at no cost to the district and estimating $678,008.69 in annual district savings; trustees were asked for a letter of commitment and to review the proposal in workshop.
A Head Start provider asked the Edcouch‑Elsa Independent School District board on Oct. 27 to consider a partnership to operate an expanded JRG Head Start Academy that would shift many staffing costs to the provider and leave district TEA funding untouched.
The presenter (ECHA representative) described a model that would provide a campus director, assistant campus director, eight social workers (one per two classrooms), 16 assistant…
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