The new Head Start school year is gearing up, and we learn more about sign ups and the desperate need to hire teachers.
Kim Bruns from West Ohio CAP tells us more about funding needs for their Head Start program amid the federal shutdown.
Kindergartners-to-be are getting a "head start" in preparing for school. Monday was the first class for the West Ohio CAP's Head Start program. Organizers say around 150 students are enrolled in the program and is held in several different locations throughout the city. The kids attend the program for six hours a day, as they learn some of the things they will need to know, so they're ready to head to school for the first time.
Classes at the West Ohio Community Action Partnership on South Central Avenue just started Monday.