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District highlights VPK gains, cites childcare and staffing as barriers to full-day expansion
Summary
Adrienne McDonough presented district VPK results showing higher kindergarten readiness for completers and described outreach, Summer Bridge gains and goals to expand full-day and fee-based VPK; staff highlighted training and Title I funding constraints as barriers to broader wrap-around services.
Adrienne McDonough, introduced by district leadership as director of early childhood, told the board the district's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) programs show measurable gains and outlined strategies to expand seats and outreach.
McDonough said state and district data show VPK completers (students who completed at least 80% of required hours) are more likely to be kindergarten ready: "VPK completers...72 percent are showing kindergarten ready," compared with 54 percent for non-completers. She also emphasized the district's internal focus on classroom quality: Brevard uses CLASS observations and set a higher local threshold than the state (district target CLASS composite of 5 vs. the state threshold of 4) and reported…
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