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Beaufort County highlights expanded early-childhood services, schedules mobile preschool ribbon cutting
Summary
District leaders described expansion of early childhood services — including a traveling preschool bus, a new observation classroom and expanded CERDEP-funded slots — and said a Port Royal Elementary ribbon cutting is planned (weather permitting).
Superintendent Rodriguez introduced a detailed early-childhood update Feb. 3, telling the Beaufort County Board of Education that the district is expanding services to reach more children before kindergarten.
Dr. Rebecca Stempel, coordinator of early childhood and parent education, framed the work as a districtwide integrated system that “prepares children to be successful for kindergarten and beyond,” citing research that “Research shows that 90% of a child's brain is developed by the age of 5.” Stempel said the system combines screening, community partnerships, standards-based instruction and family engagement.
Ashley Gould, district director of readiness, described the district’s traveling preschool bus as “a preschool classroom on wheels” that has served…
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