Oregon-Davis School Board to Consider Director of Student Services Hire Tonight

Oregon-Davis School Board: Ben Lady, Chris Lawrence, Brandie Ecker, Lee Nagai, Kyle Hinds, and Superintendent Bill Bennett

The Oregon-Davis School Board will decide whether to hire a director of student services tonight. Superintendent Bill Bennett had proposed adding the position with federal ESSER III money. The school board will also get an update on the preschool program and consider the schedule for the upcoming budget process.

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Preschool scholarships available at SCCF

 Many local preschools still have openings for children to ensure your child is ready for kindergarten.

Full and partial scholarships are still available at several local preschools through the Starke County Community Foundation’s Preschool Scholarship Program. Preschools participating in the scholarship program that still have openings include Foundations Preschool and Little Lambs Preschool, both located in Knox plus adventure Island Preschool and St. Peter Lutheran Preschool in North Judson.

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30 Students Approved for KCES Preschool Program

 
 

The Knox Community School Board members received an update on the Title 1 preschool screening process at their meeting this week.

Instructor Jana Hazelton explains the process.

“We did a two-day screening for preschool where families brought in their little one in. The screening consisted of language, math concepts and gross and fine motor concepts. We had a testing team consisting of three teachers and we did the evaluation of the results based on readiness for our program,” explained Hazelton.

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