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School board approves Head Start financial reports, reviews fall enrollment and program data
Summary
The Scott County School Board approved Head Start financial statements and school allocations and reviewed fall program metrics including enrollment (Head Start 105, Early Head Start 31), CLASS observation scores, and in‑kind match totals in a unanimous vote at its Jan. 6 organizational meeting.
The Scott County School Board on Jan. 6 unanimously approved Head Start financial reports and related program documents after Superintendent John Ferguson presented the items on behalf of Head Start Director Cindy Raymond. The approvals included the November 2025 Head Start Financial Report, the Head Start Director’s December report and the Head Start Quarterly Fall 2025 report, along with school allocations for the 2025–26 second semester, third quarter.
Board members approved the 2nd-semester allocations shown in Appendix A and the Head Start financial Appendix B with a recorded motion and unanimous vote. The Head Start fiscal appendices detail grant baseline funding for Head Start and Early Head Start, supplemental nutrition funding and required non‑federal match figures; the combined Head Start/Early Head Start grant totals shown in the appendices equal $1,463,153 for the baseline and related lines reported for the period in the packet. The appendices also report an in‑kind donations total year‑to‑date of roughly $300,187.73 and line‑by‑line expenditures and fringe totals for July–November 2025.
Superintendent Ferguson presented program metrics from the Fall 2025 quarterly report. The packet lists current enrollment as 105 children in Head Start and 31 in Early Head Start (one additional Early Head Start acceptance to begin in January), with programwide attendance averages around the mid‑80s percent and chronic absence flagged as a program concern in November. The fall report also includes monitoring results and screening details: hearing, vision and dental screen completion rates, counts of referred children, and mental‑health service referrals.
The Head Start monitoring sections included CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) domain scores for Head Start classrooms: Emotional Support 6.71, Classroom Organization 6.39 and Instructional Support 3.94; Early Head Start CLASS domain indicators and Program Quality Assessment (PQA) results appear in the appendix. The fall report summarizes family‑engagement activities, field trips and training, and lists program goals and progress toward family outcomes.
The board took no public comment on the Head Start items at the meeting. No additional policy actions or rule changes were adopted; the board’s approvals were recorded in the minutes and appended financial and program reports will remain on file as the official record.
