Early Learning & Kindergarten

Here in Beaverton only 500 children have the opportunity to access publicly funded preschool through Head Start and our existing school based preschool programs. That is only 18% of our entering kindergartners, and it’s not good enough. To close the opportunity gaps for our most vulnerable students - students with developmental delay and disability, children of color, diverse language learners, and children experiencing poverty - we must increase access to programs that will prepare them for school and support their families as their first teachers by making a significant investment in early learning.