Agenda - 04-23-20; Item 3 - Next Steps on the Inclusion of Pre-K Students in School Capacity Calculations

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4 selection process is completed, families will be notified of their child's application status. In efforts to reach families in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, flyers are created and distributed in 4 different languages: Karen, Burmese, Spanish, and English. Outreach takes place through churches, shelters, apartment complexes, mobile home parks, and supermarkets in efforts to reach diverse populations in the community. The district pre-kindergarten program currently operates on an annual budget of approximately $4 million dollars for 267 students. Funding sources are: $1,300,000 from Head Start $700,000 from NC-PK $500,000 from Local Tuition Students $1,500,000 from Local Funds for EC Support The district estimates that a Universal Pre-K program would cost approximately $15 million dollars to serve approximately 750 students. This estimated cost does not include additional capital funding that would be needed for additional classrooms to serve 500 more students in a Universal Pre-K program. The 267 students in Pre-K are from the following funding sources: • 116 PK Federal Head Start • 20 Smart Start/NC Pre-K • 131 PK Paid 0 30-paid fully by parents 0 60-paid through Exceptional Children's Program 0 40+ paid through DSS childcare subsidies Of the 20 PK classrooms in the district, 14 classrooms are housed inside an elementary school building and six classrooms are housed in a mobile unit on an elementary school campus. All classrooms have 5-star (highest) quality ratings from the NC Division of Child Development. There are currently 4 students on the Head Start waiting list and 71 students on the tuition list for PK. Kindergarten statistics: • 2019-2020 Kindergarten enrollment 837 students • 509 (61%) families indicated their children attended some type of Pre-K • 129 Pre-K students exited a CHCCS Pre-K at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.