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Boulder County Head Start reports full-year enrollment, $4.04 million in meal costs and pending grant application
Summary
Boulder County Head Start reported 109 of 110 slots filled at the end of the 2024–25 school year, total meal service costs of $4,040,742.70, one lingering monitoring noncompliance and an upcoming application for $1,561,229 in federal Head Start funding.
Akane Ogren, division manager for Boulder County Head Start, told the Board of County Commissioners on June 17 that the program ended the 2024–25 school year nearly fully enrolled and is preparing to seek federal funding for the 2025–26 year.
"We have reached the end of the '24–'25 school year," Ogren said, reporting that the program logged total meal service costs of $4,040,742.70 and that May attendance averaged 84 percent, with overall school-year attendance at 85 percent. She said the program ended the year with 109 of 110 enrollment slots filled and that 56 children graduated to kindergarten.
Ogren described summer preparations, including a two-week preservice training and monthly professional-development sessions supported by the regional Head Start training and technical assistance coaching team. She said Head Start is…
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