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Superintendent spotlights Mary Ford pre-K results as district plans universal pre-K expansion

Charleston County School District Board of Trustees (budget workshop) · April 14, 2026
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Superintendent Huggins highlighted early literacy and numeracy gains at Mary Ford Early Learning Center, cited a three-year analysis showing pre-k participation boosts readiness, and announced public tours and a July start for Peninsula universal pre-K scaling.

Superintendent Miss Huggins used the April 13 workshop to highlight the district’s early learning work, presenting formative assessment gains at Mary Ford Early Learning and Family Center and outlining plans to scale universal pre-K on the Peninsula.

Huggins said internal IGDI (Individual Growth and Development Indicators) data show improvements in picture naming, rhyming and other early-literacy tasks for pre-K students and noted gains in numeracy areas such as number naming and one-to-one correspondence. She…

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