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Pre‑K program faces funding squeeze; district weighs site consolidation, tuition and partners
Summary
With voucher reductions and collection challenges, district staff presented options to preserve pre‑K including consolidating three sites to one, raising tuition toward $150/week, using non‑certified staffing models, and seeking business partners to subsidize slots.
District administrators updated the board on the status of the Jennings County pre‑K program and options to sustain it amid voucher changes and tuition‑collection challenges.
"We currently do have three sites — Brush Creek, North Vernon and Sand Creek — and we were full at the start of the year," Speaker 8 said, adding that the program lost seven students around Thanksgiving and now has no waiting list. Speaker 8 told the board the $50/week tuition has posed collection challenges and some families have been…
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