LACK OF SPACE NOTED IN PLANS TO MEET PRESCHOOL NEEDS

...Amy Cropp, director of the MCPS Division of Prekindergarten, Special Programs and Related Services, said the County needs more places for classrooms for all the children, as they continue to expand the number of preschool classes.    

“At some point, space – we don’t have any more space to do it within MCPS,” Cropp told the school board Tuesday.

Superintendent of Schools Jack Smith agreed, and said MCPS must form more partnerships with organizations and companies for facility use, including private preschool program providers, in which to put the preschool programs... 

...Smith said in a memorandum to the Board of Education that only 70 percent of the 4-year-olds who are financially eligible to attend preschool from MCPS or through County HHS are enrolled...

 http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/local/item/7131-lack-of-space-noted-in-plans-to-meet-preschool-needs

Md. county school board members call for leaders’ ouster after Head Start debacle

Five members of the Prince George’s County school board called for the resignation of the board’s top leaders this week after the county lost $6.4 million in federal funding for early childhood education because of allegations of child abuse in the local Head Start program.

The board members asked County Executive Rushern L. Baker III to seek the removal of board chair Segun C. Eubanks and vice chair Carolyn A. Boston, citing a lack of confidence in their leadership and failures in accountability, transparency and collaboration...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-board-members-call-for-leaders-ouster-after-head-start-debacle/2016/08/23/a52c9536-68e4-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html?postshare=2581471982585568&tid=ss_fb