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Cuyahoga Falls superintendent proposes bringing preschool in‑house; board asks for deeper financials
Summary
Superintendent Andrea Solico proposed transferring preschool services from a regional consortium into the district, potentially adding general‑education preschool seats while retaining federal/state preschool funds; board members asked for detailed enrollment, staffing and budget backup before any decision.
Cuyahoga Falls City Schools Superintendent Andrea Solico proposed on Oct. 23 that the district withdraw preschool services from a regional consortium and operate those classrooms directly, arguing early childhood programs improve long‑term outcomes and could expand access to general‑education preschool seats.
"We have been working, for a couple of years now talking about preschool," Solico told the board, pointing to research and local partnerships as motivation for the change. District materials presented at the meeting estimate models that would keep the current special‑needs integrated classrooms while adding one or two general‑education classroom cohorts — roughly 36 additional general‑education seats in some scenarios — depending on…
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