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Wicomico schools describe mixed-delivery pre-K rollout, say private partners are key to meet demand
Summary
Wicomico County Public Schools presented a mixed-delivery pre-K enrollment model that integrates four private child-care partners into the district registration portal and reported 697 tier-1 children served in an attendance snapshot, underscoring public-school classroom capacity limits.
Melissa Eiler, Wicomico County Public Schools’ supervisor of early childhood education, told the board that the district has built a mixed-delivery model to expand access to pre-kindergarten for tier 1 children — students who qualify by poverty, homelessness, receipt of special education services or limited English proficiency. Eiler described four private child-care partners participating in the program (God’s Little Angels, the Jordan Center, Step Ahead Learning Center and Laugh and Learn Center) and said parents can now select…
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