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Friday, June 09, 1995 Page: 4A
Head Start, school board discuss teaming up
A Head Start representative met with Hanover Area School Board members
Thursday to discuss the possibility of the two groups working together this
fallHead Start is a preschool program that enrolls 672 children in Luzerne and
Wyoming counties. To be enrolled, a child must be from a low-income family, or
have a disability, or be from a single-parent family, said Lynn Evans Biga,
executive director for Luzerne County Head Start.
Biga said the program is in its 30th year of service and has been receiving
funding from the state for the past several years.
Head Start is looking for a school district to co-apply for the state
grant, and in turn, Head Start would work with the district’s kindergarten
teachers to help make a successful transition for the 36 Hanover Area students
who are involved in Head Start.
Board members will vote on whether to enter into an agreement with Head
Start. It is unclear when this will happen.